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This alternative would allow the routine stocking of largemouth bass. bluegill, black crappie, channel catfish, mosquitofish, and fathead minnows in all isolated waters located 5 feet above the Ordinary High Water Line (OHwL;. without FEMA approved dikes and in all isolated waters located above an elevation of 6.500-feet msl (Figure 1). Monitoring of changes in the nonnative fish populations in habitat occupied by the endangered fish for fish that are stocked on a routine basis will be done through the Recovery Programs Instream Standardized Monitoring Program (ISMP) and/or other studies being conducted by the Recovery Programs or State wildlife agencies. Instances when and where nonnative fishes can be stocked on a routine basis (not requiring a case-by-case review) are presented in Table 4. Stocking of nonnative fishes that are not managed in the Upper Basin at the present time or are not included under routine stocking would require evaluation on a case-by-case basis to ensure that the proposed stocking of these fishes will not adversely affect the endangered fishes. G. ALTERNATIVE 5 This alternative is similar to alternative 4 in that it provides more cases where routine stocking can occur than alternatives 2 and 3. The primary difference between this alternative and alternative 4 is that, alternative 4 states that a pond can be bermed to FEMA specification to functionally remove it from the portion of the floodplain in question. This alternative has no berming requirements or opportunities but states that limitations placed on stocking within a specific floodplain have no exceptions. Situations that require a case-by-case review for this alternative are identical to alternative 1. Monitoring of changes in the nonnative fish populations in habitat occupied by the endangered fish for fish that are stocked on a routine basis will be done through the Recovery Programs Instream Standardized Monitoring Program (ISMP) and other studies being conducted by the Recovery Programs or State wildlife agencies. This requirement is identical to alternative 1. Instances when and where nonnative fishes can be stocked on a routine basis (not requiring a case-by-case review) are presented in Table 5. Stocking of nonnative fishes that are not managed in the Upper Basin at the present time or are not included under routine stocking would require evaluation on a case- by-case basis to ensure that the proposed stocking of these fishes will not adversely affect the endangered fishes. 14