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a <br />1. Schedule and Study Area <br />i <br />A. We recommend a springs summer, and fall survey. An early <br />spring inventory should be conducted throughout the <br />present study area (from Farmington to the New Mexico- <br />Colorado border). On summer and fall trips, ectrofishing <br />and seining should be used. <br />B. Data obtained in 1987 indicated that the most likely river <br />reach in which Colorado squawfish will be found is that <br />between Shiprock and the New Mexico/Colorado border. For <br />several reasons (e.g., equipment malfunction and time <br />constraints), however, the reach from Fruitland to Shiprock <br />was not adequately sampled. Evaluation of the habitat <br />between the Hogback (about 8 river miles below Fruitland <br />and Shiprock, suggests that.this reach is potential Colorado <br />squawfish habitat. We recommend that the primary effort <br />during the summer and fall surveys be devoted to the river <br />between the Hogback and the New Mexico-Colorado border. <br />2. Methods <br />A. The designated 5 mile reach sampling approach should be <br />retained, as well as the first mile of the reach being where <br />a rather strict sampling protocol is followed. However, in <br />the remaining 4 miles, the researchers should be permitted <br />freedom to select areas to sample. <br /> <br />42