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<br />. <br /> <br />Expanded sampling efforts for humpback chub population estimates began last <br />fall in Yampa, Westwater, and Desolation/Gray canyons. The Black Rocks <br />humpback chub population was also sampled. The first mark-recapture <br />estimate for humpback chub in Cataract Canyon was conducted in fall 2003. <br />The current sampling schedule for humpback chub populations is sampling for <br />2 years consecutively followed by 2 years of no sampling to minimize <br />sampling impacts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Twenty stocked bonytail were captured in Cataract Canyon as part of the <br />humpback chub monitoring in 2003. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A workshop is scheduled for later this year to assess the accuracy and precision <br />of each point estimate. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A computer-interactive key to sucker larvae and early juveniles of the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin was developed and accepted by the Recovery Program to <br />facilitate more accurate identification of specimens by field biologists. <br /> <br />VI. Public Involvement. Information. and Education <br /> <br />Goal: To promote public understanding, appreciation, and support for efforts to recover <br />the endangered fish. <br /> <br />Status: <br /> <br />· News Media: Winter news media stories primarily focused on the proposed <br />expansion of Elkhead Reservoir and the status of nonnative fish management <br />actions. Endangered fish were mentioned in a few stories addressing the 30th <br />anniversary ofthe Endangered Species Act. The Recovery Program continues <br />to proactively seek news media coverage highlighting research findings and <br />field activities. News clips are distributed routinely to the I&E Committee, <br />interested Management Committee members, and anyone else upon request. <br /> <br />· Implementation of a comprehensive communications strategy for expanded <br />nonnative fish management actions is ongoing and requires active participation <br />and cooperation by the States of Colorado and Utah, the Fish and Wildlife <br />Service and Colorado State University. <br /> <br />· Program Highlights 2003-2004 was completed in preparation for the partners' <br />trip to Washington, D.C. It will also be distributed to Recovery Program <br />committees. The I&E Committee chose a post-it notepad as this year's <br />educational handout. <br /> <br />· Interpretive Exhibits: Interpretive Designs of Durango, Colorado, is producing <br />six interpretive signs for the Colorado Riverfront Trail in Grand Junction. The <br />signs should be completed and installed this spring. The City of Grand <br />Junction is preparing a letter agreeing to maintain and replace the signs as <br /> <br />9 <br />