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In 1987, USBR funded a three year study to determine the <br />presence'of protected or rare fishes (= target species) in the <br />San Juan River between Farmington, New Mexico and Lake Powell, <br />Utah (Meyer and Moretti 1988, Platania and Bestgen 1988a, 1988b, <br />Roberts and Moretti 1989). The purposes of the investigation, as <br />outlined in the study plan (U.S. Bureau'of Reclamation 1987a) <br />were: <br />1. To document the occurrence and distribution of rare <br />Colorado River fishes (humpback chub, bonytail, <br />Colorado squawfish, and razorback sucker). <br />2. Describe the fish community of the San Juan River. <br />3. Describe the general habitat characteristics of the <br />San Juan River and assess the suitability of this <br />habitat for supporting the rare Colorado River <br />fishes. <br />4. Recommend future recovery or management activities <br />for the rare Colorado fishes in the San Juan River. <br />This report is a biological summary of the 1987 to 1989 San <br />Juan River ichthyofaunal investigations in New Mexico and Utah <br />and summarizes the data obtained under items 1 to 3, above. A <br />management/recovery plan, in response to item 4, is to be <br />prepared independent of this report. <br /> <br />6