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1 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank the Eastern Colorado Projects Office of the U.S. Bureau of Recla- ' mation for funding this project. We also express our gratitude to the USFWS personnel who helped collect field data, maintain equipment, and perform lab analyses during the course of the study. John Andersen, ' Andrew Thompson, Tom Dombroski and Jay Thompson helped seine the ponds and collect limnological data. Barb C. Osmundson identified and enumerated food items and counted parasites in squawfish stomachs. Bob Burdick ' organized rotenone treatments of the ponds and helped maintain equipment. Chuck McAda provided invaluable guidance with data management; both he and B. Burdick also provided occassion help in the field. Cheryl Harris and Karen Olds provided administrative support. Dennis Anderson and Phyllis ' Barney of the Fort Morgan Disease Control Center identified samples of parasites and performed most-mortem examinations of pond-reared squawfish. ' Neal Ward and personnel at Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery (NFH) provided assistance, space and equipment for holding wild adult Colorado squawfish. Buddy Jensen and personnel at Dexter NFH provided squawfish and razorback sucker fry for pond stocking; Lyle Miller and his crew at Willow Beach NEE also reared and provided squawfish fingerlings. We also thank those non- ' USFWS people that provided important assistance in various phases of the project. We particulary appreciate the cooperation of local landowners Glen Humphrey and Louise Forster, who allowed our use of their ponds, as ' well as Doug Jones at the Tiara Rado Golf Course. Pat Martinez of the Colorado Division of Wildlife captured adult Colorado squawfish from the White River for use in artificial spawning activities. Bob Muth of the ' Larval Fish Laboratory identified fish remains from squawfish stomachs. Help from others not named is no less appreciated. 1 1 ii