9384

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9384
• Author: Valdez, R. A. and R. J. Ryel.
• Title: Summary of Recovery Goals for the Four Endangered Fishes of the Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 2000.
• USFW - Doc Type: Logan.
• Copyright Material: NO

Humpback Chub - 2

recover the humpback chub.

Yampa River
1. Provide and legally protect flows necessary to recover the humpback chub.
2. Regulate nonnative fish releases in the main river, flood plain, and tributaries
through agreements.
Implement nonnative fish control in Yampa Canyon, as needed, to recover the
humpback chub.
Review and modify, if necessary, state and federal hazardous spills emergency
response plans to insure adequate protection from spills, including prevention and
quick response to spills.

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~ <:::r7 2. Provide flows necessary to recover the humpback chub.
i:: '.:I 3. Review and modify, if necessary, state and federal hazardous spills emergency
response plans to insure adequate protection from spills, including prevention and
quick response to spills.
Implement nonnative fish control in Yampa Canyon, Grand Canyon, and
Desolation/Gray Canyons, as needed, to recover the humpback chub.

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Cataract Canyon
1. Provide and legally protect flows necessary to recover the humpback chub.

B. Objective, Measurable Recovery Criteria

Downlisting Criteria

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Core Populations
1. Two core populations are determined to be genetically and demographically
viable and self-sustaining. Each of the core populations must have:
a. a minimum estimated population of 2,000 adults for a period of 5 years;
i.e., the lower 95% confidence interval of the estimated population of
adults exceeds 2,000.
b. a trend in population point estimates for the same 5-year period that does
not decline significantly, and

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