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as amended in 1978 and 1982, directs the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to develop and implement recovery plans for threatened and endangered species with the aid of appropriate public and private agencies and institutions as well as other qualified individuals. By this authority, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invited various agencies with an interest in management of the Colorado River to participate on the Colorado River Fishes Recovery Team that was formed in December, 1975 as the Colorado Squawfish Recovery Team and expanded in 1976 to include all endangered Colorado River fishes (Miller 1982). Representatives on the recovery team include the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah and federal agencies include the Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service. The team members have written recovery plans for the bony tail chub, humpback chub, and Colorado squawfish. The latest draft of these plans are being broadly reviewed by various agencies with an interest in the Colorado River and revised versions are expected to be approved by the Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, Denver, Colorado, early in 1989. Fishery Bioloqists. Fishery biologists who work for state or federal agencies, university researchers, and private consultants who work on the rare fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin communicate closely through telephone conversations, exchange of publication drafts, field trips, professional meetings, and an annual meeting. This open communication and coordination has improved relations between these biologists so that efforts are more effectively directed at study of the rare fishes so that the information that is obtained can be used to develop innovative methods for recovery. 14