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1 ' Table 2. Status and number of potential pond sites, along the Colorado River between Rifle and the Colorado/Utah state line and along the Gunnison River between Austin and the confluence with the Colorado River, that were examined during field investigations between 1996 and 2002, and for which the presence/absence of fish was documented. Upland refers to ponds elevated above ponds that typically flood annually (flooded bottomland). 1 t 1 Permanent E hemeral Taken T&E Wor Misidentified Total Upland Flooded Upland Flooded over by scientific as fish bottom- bottom- the river study ponds land land Fish 164 5 3 1 18 191 resent Fish 42 2 60 4 16 1 13 138 absent Subtotal 206 7 63 4 17 19 13 Total 213 6 7 17 19 13 329 Table 3. Status and number of potential pond sites, along the Colorado River between Rifle and the Colorado/Utah state line and along the Gunnison River between Austin and the confluence with the Colorado River, that were identified between 1996 and 2002 by landowners, agency personnel or through comparison of high and low flow aerial photographs, and for which the presence/absence of fish was anecdotally documented. Upland refers to ponds elevated above ponds that typically flood annually (flooded bottomland). 1 Permanent Ephemeral Taken T&E 8Jor Misidentified Total Upland Flooded Upland Flooded over by scientific as fish bottom- bottom- the river study ponds land land Fish 7 16 6 29 resent Fish 1 10 5 9 28 53 absent Subtotal 8 16 10 5 9 6 28 82 Total 24 1 5 9 6 28 scientific study as flooded bottomlands (2). Twenty-eight additional ponds were either water/sewage treatment ponds (22) or were misidentified as ponds (6). Pond Ownership -- The 729 potential pond sites identified in the study area included 235 private/municipal/public owners. Of these 235 pond owners, 104 own more than one pond site, 116 own one pond site, and 15 own a portion of a pond site. 1 The 104 owners of multiple pond sites own all (592 pond sites) or part (13.5 pond sites) 1 9