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UCREFRP Catalog Number
7282
Author
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, R. I. P.
Title
Final Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
USFW Year
1987.
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Denver, Colorado.
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<br />The protection of endangered fish species of the Upper Colorado River Basin <br />under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act threatened to embroil all <br />interested parties in a confrontation between resource protection and resource <br />development. The parties recognized that such a confrontation was unlikely to <br />result in progress toward recovery of the listed species and could lend a <br />measure of uncertainty to future water resource development in the upper <br />basin. As a result, the parties endeavored to accommodate their competing <br />demands through discussion and negotiation. <br />The forum for these discussions was the Upper Colorado River Basin <br />Coordinating Committee (Coordinating Committee). The Coordinating Committee <br />was formally established in late summer 1984 by a Memorandum of Understanding <br />among the Service, Reclamation, and the States of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. <br />The memorandum also established a technical steering committee and <br />subcommittees which were responsible for compiling and assessing data and for <br />making final recommendations to the Coordinating Committee. Representatives <br />of water users and water development proponents, as well as of conservation <br />organizations, were members of these committees. <br />' <br />The Coordinating Committee <br />s formal charge was a narrow one. Recognizing that <br />earlier consultations under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act had found <br />that new water projects would likely jeopardize the continued existence of the <br />listed fish species, this committee was to identify reasonable and prudent <br />alternatives that would preserve the species while permitting new water <br />development to proceed in the upper basin. However, during their discussions, <br />the parties concluded that both the biological requirements of the four <br />species and the hydrology and management of the Upper Colorado River Basin are <br />exceedingly complex. They also concluded that a systematic approach was <br />needed in order to achieve the committee's fundamental objective of <br />accommodating rare fish species conservation with continued water resource <br />development in the upper basin. This would best be achieved through a <br />concerted and cooperative effort to recover all four species. As a <br />consequence, the parties determined that a comprehensive program is needed to <br />implement a broad range of measures designed not only to preserve the listed <br />species but to ensure their full recovery and eventual delisting under the <br />Endangered Species Act. <br />1.3 SUMMARY <br />t the consensus <br />The re <br />m <br />d <br />ti <br />th <br />t <br />tli <br />d <br />t <br />d i <br />thi <br />co <br />men <br />represen <br />a <br />ons <br />are ou <br />ocumen <br />a <br />ne <br />n <br />s <br />of the participants and encompass a range of conservation elements that have <br />been determined to be necessary to protect and recover the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin's rare fish species. It must be noted, however, that the program <br />elements set out below are part of a comprehensive and integrated package, and <br />the successful recovery of the species will depend upon full implementation of <br />each element. <br />There are five principal elements or tasks in this recovery program: <br />(a) habitat management; (b) habitat development and maintenance; (c) native <br />fish stocking; (d) nonnative species and sportfishing; and (e) research, data <br />management, and monitoring. It is realized that the situation in the upper <br />basin is exceedingly complex and that there is insufficient knowledge to <br />determine precise needs. However, there is consensus among all parties that <br />full implementation is necessary. Each element is briefly described here ¦ <br /> <br />1-6
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