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

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These recovery goals are general, because there is insufficient information
about these species to adequately define the parameters of self-sustaining,
viable populations for any of them. As the recovery program proceeds, the
following measures will be implemented to provide additional indications of
population trends to help determine and refine these goals:
a. Measurement of the effect of the recovery activities through a
systematic and periodic monitoring program; and
b. Redefinition and quantification of the recovery goals for each of the
species.
Field testing of the recovery elements will help refine specific recovery
goals. Interim timeframes will be developed by the Implementation Committee
to ensure that recovery measures are implemented and periodically evaluated
and the program modified accordingly.
Since the recovery plans refer to species recovery in both the upper and lower
basins, these goals also apply to both basins, until revised for the upper
basin, through implementation of this recovery program. However, the goal of
this program for the three endangered species is recovery and delisting in the
upper basin. In general, this would be accomplished when the habitat
necessary to maintain self-sustaining populations has been determined and
provisions are in place to maintain and protect that habitat and these
species. The Implementation Committee will be expected to revise these goals
for the upper basin as the program develops. Attainment of these goals will
result in recovery and delisting of the listed species in the upper basin.
To provide an adequate period to accomplish this objective, 15 years has been
specified as the initial timeframe for completion of the recovery program in
the upper basin. This program does not include any recovery actions for these
species in the lower basin or on the San Juan River.

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