9313

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9313
• Author: Burdick, B. D., J. Flair, M. Lloyd and B. Scheer.
• Title: Native and Nonnative Fish Use of Two Gravel-Pit Ponds Connected to the Upper Colorado River at 29-5/8 Road Near Grand Junction, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Project number CAP-6-GP,
• Copyright Material: NO

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors wish to thank those who participated in this project. Mike
Baker, Kathy Holley, Chuck McAda, Mike Montagne, Toby Mourning, and Doug
Osmundson assisted in fish sampling. Dan Crabtree, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand
Junction, Colorado, provided engineering support and coordinated the construction
and excavation of the connection channel at Gardner Pond. Steve McCall, Bureau
of Reclamation, Grand Junction, was responsible for conducting NEPA compliance.
Both Dan and Steve obtained the necessary county, state, and federal permits.
This included a fl oodpl ai n permit from Mesa County, a NPDES discharge permit from
the State of Colorado, Department of Health, and a 404 permit from the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers. Blake Bailey, Burt Ives, Bob Levine, and Ted Juntilla,
Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Junction, provided surveying support.
The State of Colorado, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, owner of
property surrounding Gardner Pond, and Mr. C. W. Van Wagner, owner of the area
around Hotspot Pond at 29-5/8 Road, permitted access to the site. Ed Gardner,
Whitewater Building Materials, Corp., Grand Junction, coordinated and facilitated
agreements with Kurt Mill of the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation and
with Colorado Mined Land Reclamation. Pat Nelson, floodplain habitat restoration
coordinator for the Recovery Program, Denver, Frank Pfeifer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, and Bob Norman, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Junction, provided
administrative support. The draft report was peer-reviewed by Dr. Richard
Valdez, Dr. Richard Wydoski, and Patrick Martinez.
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