7282

• 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.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

2.0 RECOVERY GOALS
The ultimate goal of the recovery program in the upper basin is to recover and
delist the three endangered species and to manage the razorback sucker so it
1 would not need the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has developed recovery goals for the federally
listed species, the Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, and bonytail chub.
These are described in the Service's current recovery plans for the individual
species and briefly summarized in Table 2-1. These recovery plans, developed
under Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, provide a biological and
research-oriented approach to species recovery and include a recommendation
for detailed management and site-specific implementation plans. This recovery
program provides for the coordinated implementation of these recovery plans
for the upper basin.
As described in the current recovery plans, the Service's primary recovery
goals for the Colorado squawfish and humpback chub are to restore and maintain
self-sustaining populations of both species and sufficient habitat to support
these populations. Because of the critical population status of the bonytail
chub in the upper basin, the immediate goal for this species is to prevent its
extinction.
While the razorback sucker is not listed as endangered or threatened, the
Secretary has identified this species as a candidate for listing and is
responsible for managing it under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
Because of its current status in the upper basin, it is desirable to consider
and provide for the management of the razorback sucker. This program also
provides for meeting the management goals of the razorback sucker in the upper
basin.
TABLE 2-1 RECOVERY GOALS
Species Recovery/Management Goals
Colorado Squawfish(1) Maintain and protect self-sustaining
populations and natural habitat;
Humpback Chub(1) Maintain or establish and protect five
self-sustaining populations, natural
habitat, and two refugia;
Bonytail Chub(1) Prevent immediate extinction;
Establish and protect six self-sustaining
populations and natural habitat;

Razorback Sucker Establish and protect self-sustaining
populations and natural habitat.
?j (1) Colorado Squawfish Recovery Plan, 1978.
Humpback Chub Recovery Plan, 1979.
Bonytail Chub Recovery Plan, 1984.
1 (All recovery plans are unde r revision)

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