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<br />nOl)52~ <br /> <br />FIG. 9: How Important is it to Have <br />Warmwater Fishing Within an Hour Drive? <br /> <br />Very Important <br />56% <br /> <br /> <br />Don't Know 1% <br /> <br />Not <br />Important 7% <br /> <br />Somewhat Important 36% <br /> <br />ource: St nda e Research Inc. 1996 <br /> <br />PART II. UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE POND RECLAMATION <br />PROGRAM <br /> <br />The second part of the survey dealt with trying to get an understanding of what <br />warmwater anglers knew and thought about a proposed pond reclamation project that <br />is based on the proposed non-native fish stocking procedures that are being jointly <br />developed by the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br /> <br />~i <br /> <br />The anglers who were interviewed were read the following statement: "The lower <br />Colorado River in the Grand Junction area has endangered fishes like the Colorado <br />squawfish and razorback sucker. There is some evidence that warmwater fishes like <br />bass, catfish and green sunfish that escape into the river from adjacent ponds or <br />reservoirs may cause harm to endangered fishes. One of the proposed projects to <br />help recover the endangered fishes is to remove all the warmwwater fish from the <br />ponds close to the river and do one of three things with those ponds: 1) either not <br />stock fish at all, or 2) stock only with trout at certain times of the year, or 3) stock <br />only bass, crappie, and bluegill if the fish can't escape from the pond. The anglers <br />were then asked a series of questions about that statement. <br /> <br />9 <br />