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<br />concentration," Martinez said,
<br />"Even at, that, the rotenone should
<br />be neutralized in one to four days."
<br />The '05-desree water tempera-
<br />ture Will expedite the dUution,
<br />Martinez said. '
<br />':" I Biol9gists will set g1Il nets in the
<br />pond. which Is t'llliDtl at a rate of
<br />more than 1 inch per day, to Insure
<br />none of the undesirables survived
<br />tlIe pOisoning. Since water is flow- ,
<br />'lng into the pond, there Is, no dan~
<br />ger of the l'otenone seeping into
<br />$;e river, MllI'tinez salCl, ',,' , ' "'~
<br />!>AVednesda.y's roltlnone operation,!
<br />-cost Sl1,ooo, with the DOW and,
<br />,U~S. BIlreau of Reclamation shai-:'
<br />:ing the expense. The Bureau paid
<br />'f'or equipment, chemitals ann the
<br />DOW seasol18l employees Used In
<br />"tlie 'treatment, while the division '
<br />."doolited" the p~onnel, which In-
<br />. eluded five of the eight regional
<br />,-fisheries biologists. Among them
<br />'~al! Dave Langlois, the West Re- "
<br />~~on senior fisheries biologist. ',' ,
<br />c" ,Langlois said the 2i-acre pon" ,
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<br />'whlch is ~lanned as the state
<br />, park's centerpiece. will be stocked '
<br />,:s~asonally With rainbow trout. Fu-
<br />-' tllre plans inclUde stocking large. ,
<br />; mouth b!lss and bluegills, said
<br />Martlnez, depending on whether
<br />;;the berm between the pond and
<br />Colorado River is high enough to '
<br />:;prevent floodlng. '0
<br />': ,Should spring' runoff contarnl.
<br />~a~ the pond. it woUld probably' ,
<br />'::hl-mtroduce nOll-native fish into
<br />:::the pond.
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<br />" That happened to a pond on a2'Y.
<br />~Road that was poisoned with chlo' ,
<br />t:lne in March 1997. Wbile tlte 9t"ig. :
<br />:jn~ poiscm1ng rid the pond of non. "
<br />',::natlve fieh, more non,natlves
<br />,jientered the POnd durll1g the high
<br />',i-unofflater that spring. .
<br />;: Martinez estimated the critiCal
<br />,;:reaches of the Colorado and Gun-
<br />'I':nison rivers, from Austin and Rifle '
<br />:,~downstream. hold 600 ponds in the '
<br />': lOO,year floodplain. That makes '
<br />::;the pond recovery progrlllll; which
<br />"depends on voluntary part1clpa-
<br />'tion from private, llindowners. a
<br />-'daUnting task. Martinez said. '
<br />:r Martinez ~ she will next pol.
<br />".son DOIl.native fish in the north '
<br />:',Pond on Skipper's Island. That
<br />,.;pond is fWI of carp, w1th a SPIlrIle
<br />, population of Iarilemouth bass and
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<br />~Je:' Maddux, recovery pro. .
<br />',Il!'am. 'director for the Fish and
<br />,Wildlife Service, said his agency
<br />. was satisfied with the prosress cif
<br />,'the recovery program; eVeD '
<br />,.though it was limited by the Divl-
<br />'sion of Wildlife's lack of'
<br />'manpower.
<br />, '1 tltlnk they are understaffed,"
<br />Maddux said. "They bave a full-
<br />time employee cap that is causing
<br />:problems when we ,would like
<br />~them to Clo thinl!9 imd would ~en
<br />"give the1ll money to do them. They, -: 1,
<br />- have a hard, time matching bodies :,;
<br />witlt work that needs to be done. -"
<br />-, ,:':8'or the l110st part, tlte regional " -
<br />\Illrector'(RaIph Morgenwick) feels'
<br />.. good in ~ dlrection the recovery
<br />program IS going," Maddux said. '
<br />"We are IlOncerned about some is- "
<br />sues. such lIS mechanisms to to le.
<br />gally protect the water flows need- '
<br />"ed for the 16-mUe reach and
<br />: working wltlUn state water law to
<br />'get that protection: But these, Is-
<br />': sues are time consuming and'
<br />" progress Is slow..
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