9395

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9395
• Author: Vaske, J. J., M. P. Donnelly and M. Lyon.
• Title: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes Toward the Endangered Fish of the Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: 20,
• Copyright Material: NO

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Endangered Fish Survey

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Section 1 - Knowledge of Endangered Fish
General Awareness of Endangered Fish

When asked, unprompted, to think about endangered species in Colorado (or Utah) in general,
the Colorado squawfish (26%) was mentioned more frequently than either the humpback chub
(18%), or bonytail chub (6%) (Figure 2). None of the respondents included the razorback
sucker in their list of endangered species. By comparison with other endangered species that
could have been listed, only the bald eagle (32%) was mentioned more often,

Figure 2. Listed endangered species unprompted

% Mentioning Endangered Fish

100%

80%

60%

40%

26%

20%

-

18%

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6%

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0%

Colorado
Squawfish

Humpback
Chub

Bonytail
Chub

The general public was less knowledgeable about endangered fish than the other three groups,
Thirteen percent or less of this strata had heard of any of the endangered fish (Figure 3), The
elected officials included the endangered fish in their list of endangered species more often than
either the anglers or the environmental group members,

Figure 3. Listed endangered species unprompted by group

% Mentioning Endangered Fish
]00% []Elected Officials . General Public
DAnglers II1II Envirorunental
75%
4]%
50%
25%
0%
Colorado Humpback Bony tail
Squawfi sh Chub Chub