8231

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8231
• Author: Maddux, H. R.
• Title: Draft Environmental Assessment For Procedures For Stocking Of Nonnative Fish Species In The Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Grand Junction, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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able 5. Alternative 5 locations/situations where nonnative fish species can be stocked on a routine basis.
IF I
NONNATI VE FISH SPECIES'
LOCATION/SITUATION BLC BLG CHC FHM LMB MOS RSS SAL SMB STB TFS TG '
C U
fC
All waters in the Upper Basin
X

Isolated ponds/reservoirs within critical habitat above the
50-year floodplain X X X a
X

Isolated ponds within critical habitat that are located between the
10- and 50-year tloodplain of the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers X X X

Isolated ponds/reservoirs outside critical habitat at or below
6,500-feet msl and 5 vertical feet above the 0HWV0 X X X X X X
X°

Isolated ponds/reservoirs above 6,500-feet msl" X X X X X X X X°
Ponds screened to prevent escapement by State requirements
X°

Standing waters separated from occupied habitat by standing
waters with established reproducing populations of the same
species" X X X X X X X

Lake Powell
X
X
Any waters (takes/ponds/reservoirs)
above Flaming Gorge Dam X X X X

Standing waters in Utah sub-basins where the fish currently

exists
X
F
ili
ac
ties that will prevent escapement X

' The abbreviations used for fish species are BLC - black crappie; BLG - bluegill; CHC - channel catfish; FHM - fathead minnow; LMB - largemouth bass; MOS -
mosquitofish; RSS - redside shiner; SAL - salmonids; SMB - smallmouth bass; STB - striped bass; TFS - threadfin shad; TGC - triploid grass carp; UTC - Iltah chub.
9 Triploid grass carp must have a certificate of genetic triploidy to be stocked.
10 OHWL = Ordinary high water line.
n msl = mean sea level.
12 For example, above Starvation Reservoir in Utah and above McPhee Reservoir in Colorado-