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<br />, <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />~~q' r~7":-- <br />9/;'/-/9" <br />APPENDIX B - <br />DRAFf - FOR DISCUSSION PJJ}UlOSES ONLY <br /> <br />JJ <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />REVISED PROPOSAL FOR A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE <br /> <br />A. Initiate a San Juan Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Program. This recovery <br /> <br />program would be fashioned after the one developed for the Green and Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />Rivers. The goal of the program is to further investilZllte the biological and <br /> <br />wdrological feas!bilityo(re~ the endangered fish (Colorado squawfish and <br /> <br />razorback sucker) in the San Juan River. If it is detennined that the program can <br /> <br />be successfully implemented, five basic recovery elements would be instituted: <br /> <br />1. habitat management, 2. habitat development and maintenance, 3. stocking <br /> <br />of native fish species, 4. non-native speeies-and-.--sportfish management, <br /> <br />5. research, long.term monitoring and data management. <br /> <br />The recovery program would be developed cooperatively and signed by the States <br /> <br />of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, the Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, Navajo <br /> <br />and Jicarilla Indian Tn'bes, the Department of Interior with representation from <br /> <br />the Bureaus of Reclamation and Indian Affairs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />Service. Representatives of the enviromnental community may participate if they <br /> <br />desire. <br /> <br />The San Juan Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Program (SJRP) will be developed <br /> <br />immediately to ensure that recovery activities are promptly initiated and to pennit <br />- <br /> <br />additional utilizations of the water resources of the Sa.'1 Juan River. <br /> <br />In meeting these objectives of the recovery program, the existing obligations of the <br />