8109

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8109
• Author: Mitchell, M. J.
• Title: Impact of the Proceedures for Stocking Non Native Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin on Private Landowners and the Commercial Aquaculture Industry
• USFW Year: n.d.
• USFW - Doc Type: Inventory of Public and Private Ponds Along the Upper Colorado and Lower Gunnison Rivers in Colorado-Draft.
• Copyright Material: NO

October 25, 1995
To: Pond and Lake Owners along the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers
From: Michael J. Mitchell; Senior Aquatic Biologist- Queen of the River
Fish Company, Inc.
Recovery of the endangered fishes of the Colorado River will require
implementation of specific fish stocking policies that effect a reduction
in fish competition within the river environment. Stocking and
subsequent reproduction of non-native warm water fish species in
ponds along the river have been identified by the US Fish and Wildlife
Service as a sources of fish that compete with endangered fish for food
and space. The stocking of non-native warm water fish is conducted in
both public and private waters in our state.
We have been contracted by the Colorado Department of Agriculture to
identify pond owners within the 100 year flood plain of the Colorado
and Gunnison Rivers. We would like to identify the number of private
ponds as well as the activities and uses of these ponds to help clarify
their role in the recovery efforts for these endangered fishes. An aerial
survey has identified your ponds as being within the floodplain. Your
participation in this questionnaire will help us to clarify how private
aquatic resources will be affected by recovery efforts for the endangered
fishes of the upper Colorado River basin.
Please take the time to fill out the questionnaire and return it in the
envelope provided. Please feel free to call 1800-422-2514 with any
questions you may have.
RETURN BY NOVEMBER 15, 1995 in the envelope provided
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