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?PROCEEDINGS OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL 1993 - VOLUME XXV
<br />El programa de cinco anos de investigacion de peces nativos en los Rio Pecos y Rio Grande sigue. Una reunion
<br />entre el Buro de Reclamacion y el Servicio fue llevada a Cabo este aiio para discutir metodos alternativos en apoyo
<br />de la recuperation del pececillo plateado en el Rio Grande y protection de la otra fauna nativa. En el Rio Pecos
<br />investigacion sobre los efectos de irrigation incluyo un estudio durante un aiio utilizando redes de "drift."
<br />Adicionalmente, en 1993 fue construido el canal de refugio de peces en peligro en Phantom Lake Springs, iniciando
<br />en el mes de Septiembre con la introduction de peces en el canal. Un acuerdo cooperativo entre Texas Parks y
<br />Wildlife y el Buro de Reclamacion, asegura a largo plazo el mantenimiento y seguridad del Lugar, y dos anos de
<br />estudio de monitoreo f ieron encargados a la Universidad de Texas A y M.
<br />Las actividades en la Cuenca Bonneville incluyeron apoyo economico para trabajos de genetica sobre el matalote
<br />de junio, proporcionando bajos flujos desde las presas del Buro de Reclamacion para el trabajo de Campo, diseho
<br />de un azud para la coleccion y pasaje de matalote y disefio a instalacion de un pozo de agua adecuado Para instalar
<br />un estanque para matalotes en la Universidad del Estado de Utah.
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<br />WITHERS, D. ; KANim, N.; STUBBS, K.; WHITE, R. (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region I; DW-Nevada Ecological Services State Offi-,
<br />Reno, Nv; NK, KS-Sacramemo Ecological Services Field Office, Sacramento, CA; RW-Oregon Ecological Services State Office, Portland, OR)
<br />U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, report on conservation actions undertaken
<br />during 1993 for federally listed and candidate fishes in California, Nevada, and Oregon
<br />Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos, Region 1, reporte sobre las acciones de
<br />conservacion tomadas durante 1993 para peces federalmente enlistados en California, Nevada y Oregon
<br />KEYWORDS: California; Nevada; Oregon; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; endangered and threatened fishes; recovery plans; consultations
<br />CLAVES: California; Nevada; Oregon; Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos; peces amenazados y en peligro; planes de
<br />recuperation; consultas
<br />ABSTRACT
<br />The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and Bureau of Reclamation have opened an interagency office in
<br />Klamath Falls, Oregon, to coordinate Klamath River Basin ecosystem restoration efforts. Additional staffing will
<br />be provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service (USFS), and other Federal agencies that
<br />have management responsibilities in the Klamath Basin of California and Oregon. The office will coordinate with
<br />other Federal agencies, Indian tribes, environmental groups, and resource user groups to identify ways to meet the
<br />needs of fish, wildlife, and agriculture. The office will be supervised by Mr. Steven Lewis, previously the Director
<br />of the Oklahoma Department of Fish and Game. The Lost River sucker Deltistes lu_ratus and shortnose sucker
<br />Chasmistes brevirostris Recovery Plan, approved in April 1993, will provide the basic guidelines for ecosystem
<br />recovery, The Service is currently developing a proposal to designate critical habitat for these two endangered
<br />species. Both suckers experienced good recruitment in 1993.
<br />The Service issued a non jeopardy biological opinion regarding the impact of livestock grazing management
<br />on federally listed species within two allotments on the Fremont National Forest. This opinion has led to initiation
<br />of comprehensive section 7 consultations with USFS and BLM on timber and grazing management in both the
<br />Klamath and Warner Basins within the next two years.
<br />The Interior Board of Land Appeals issued a decision to BLM allowing the drilling of geothermal test wells
<br />at Borax Lake in September 1993. BLM must complete section 7 consultation with the Service on the impacts of
<br />full-development of a geothermal plant on the endangered Borax Lake chub Gila boraxobius before further work
<br />could occur. Information on the species has been collected by the Service's Seattle National Fisheries Research
<br />Center, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Portland State University, and Bonneville Power Administration. On the
<br />positive side, TNC has purchased Borax Lake and approximately one section of land around it.
<br />The decision on the final listing package for the Oregon Lakes tui chub Gila bicolor oregonensis is expected
<br />from the Service's Washington D.C. office soon.
<br />The Service issued a positive 90-day finding on a petition to list the bull trout Salvelinus co jhtentus as an
<br />endangered species throughout its range, which includes California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and
<br />Washington; a status review has been initiated.
<br />Funding under section 6 of the Act was allocated for fish population and habitat surveys and water quality
<br />monitoring in the Goose Lake Basin of California and Oregon to promote the conservation of Goose Lake sucker
<br />Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus, and Goose Lake redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp., Goose Lake
<br />lamprey Lampetra tridentata ssp., all candidates for Federal listing, and Goose Lake tui chub Gila bicolor
<br />thalassina. The USFS is consulting with the Service regarding impacts of livestock grazing within the basin on these
<br />species. A memorandum of understanding has been negotiated between all Federal and State agencies and private
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