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* * ~ DRAFT * * * UCRBCOMM 12 FEB B5 <br />The subcommittee is aware that certain general concerns about the modeling <br />effort cannot be addressed in the hypothesis-testing format used above. <br />Nevertheless, those concerns are considered by the subcommittee to be of great <br />importance to this critique of the overall modeling effort. Those concerns are <br />stated here, for review by the Coordinating Committee: <br />ADDITIONAL CONCERN 1: The objectives of the interagency modeling effort need <br />further clarification and important benchmarks (against which progress can be <br />guaged) need to be developed. The Hiotechnical Subcommittee believes that the <br />recovery plans for the endangered Colorado River fishes, as well as the <br />Colorado River Endangered Fishes Recovery Team, should be part of this process. <br />Is the objective to maintain populations at present level? To increase <br />populations to some other level? What do we mean by °preservation?" It is <br />evident that preservation of the species means different things to different <br />people. Establishment of realistic objectives would help to eliminate this <br />confusion. This would require agreement on the meaning of important terms that <br />have been frequently used in the interagency effort; the term "recovery" and <br />associated terms are good example. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />2~ <br />