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<br />2/2/96 <br /> <br />2/2/96 <br /> <br />0M'6 <br /> <br />Obiectives <br /> <br />1. Identify and provide the information needed to successfully <br />implement the Habitat Restoration Program. <br /> <br />2. Reconnect the floodplain to the river in areas where the <br />floodplain has been cut off. <br /> <br />3. Evaluate the response of the river ecosystem (including the <br />response of native and nonnative fish populations) to <br />reconnection of the floodplain to the main channel of the <br />river. <br /> <br />4. Conduct site-specific experimental manipulations at controlled <br />facilities. <br /> <br />5. Impl ement an adapt i ve restorat i on/management approach. <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />Target sites for restoration that flood frequently under <br />average or less than average spring runoff conditions. <br /> <br />The Program will target sites for restoration that flood frequently <br />under average or less than average spring flow conditions, to <br />maximize benefits to endangered fishes, and to help ensure that <br />Recovery Program resources are applied judiciously. <br /> <br />Accomplishment of the objectives will require clearly articulating a <br />concise list of critical uncertainties and hypotheses to test, <br />developing experimental designs to test the hypotheses, and <br />implementing work plans that are consistent with the experimental <br />design. <br /> <br />End Products: <br /> <br />Functional floodplain habitats of sufficient quantity, quality, and <br />spatial distribution to support the survival, growth, recruitment, <br />and reproduction (i.e., recovery) of the endangered fishes. <br /> <br />IV. Description of past performance on this or similar projects: <br /> <br />In 1991, Ed Wick developed a draft issue paper entitled "River <br />Management and Habitat Restoration Strategy", which recommended <br />restoration of floodplain habitats for use by endangered fishes. <br />One specific recommendation was to reconnect Old Charley Wash <br />(Wood's Bottom) to the Green River for use by endangered fishes. <br />Old Charley Wash became a pilot site for testing hypotheses <br />regarding floodplain habitat restoration. To prepare the site, <br />water inlet and outlet control structures, fish screens, and a fish <br />harvest kettle were installed. The site was tested during 1994 and <br />1995, to see if water levels and fish predators can be controlled, <br />and if razorback larvae will survive and grow. During 1995, 28 <br /> <br />5 <br />