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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL <br />1992 - VOLUME XXIV <br />2 cotidos, 1 petromizontido, y 4 anfibios. Asf como todos los proyectos de "Regresando a los Nativos", otras especies <br />nativas acuaticas y terrestres tambien se beneficiarAn. <br />SrvmS! J. R.*; WILLIAMS, J. E. (JS - Bureau of Land Management, Tucson, Arizona; JW - Bureau of Land Management, Washington, D.C.) <br />Bureau of Land Management agency report for 1992 / Reporte de agencia para 1992 de la <br />Oficina de Manejo de Tierras <br />KEYWORDS: public lands; desert pupfish; cutthroat trout; desert dace; tui chub; Arizona; California; Idaho; Nevada; <br />New Mexico <br />ABSTRACT <br />With the release of our Special Status Fishes Habitat Management Strategy Plan in May 1991 and strong <br />cooperation from our Forest Service and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation partners in the Bring Back The Natives <br />initiative, the Bureau of Land Management has been active in efforts to protect fishes in and regions. Major highlights <br />of efforts during 1992 include the acquisition of 5,027 acres of critical habitat for the desert dace in Soldier Meadows, <br />Nevada, plus a conservation easement on another 5,000 acres of adjacent land. The BLM, with the help of The Nature <br />Conservancy, also acquired 1,260 acres plus water rights along New Mexico's Black River. In Arizona, the last <br />remaining section of Cienega Creek was acquired. A major effort was initiated to reintroduce Colorado cutthroat trout <br />back into native habitat in the Green and Little Snake River drainages of Wyoming. Habitat improvement work has been <br />conducted to secure the endangered Mohave tui chub at Lake Tuende and West Pond near Baker, California. Also in <br />California, BLM acquired 1,200 acres including artesian pools in the Dos Palmas area that can provide expanded habitat <br />for the desert pupfish. Staff have been busy with numerous other native fish reintroduction efforts, including work to <br />reintroduce Rio Grande cutthroat trout onto public lands in New Mexico, and redband trout in southern Idaho. <br />RESUMEN <br />Con la publicaci6n de nuestro Plan Estrategico sobre Manejo de Habitat de Peces con Estatus Especial, y con la <br />sdlida cooperacion de nuestros co-asociados (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation y Forest Service) en la iniciativa <br />"Regresando a los Nativos"; la Oficina de Manejo de Tierras (Bureau of Land Management, BLM) ha estado activa en <br />esfuerzos para proteger los peces en las regions aridas. Los esfuerzos mas sobresalientes durante 1992 incluyen la <br />adquisicion 5,027 acres de habitat crftico del "desert dace" (Eremichthys acros) en Soldier Meadows, Nevada, ademAs <br />de los derechos de conservacidn sobre otras 5,000 acres de Areas adyacentes. La BLM con la ayuda de The Nature <br />Conservancy, adquirid tambi6n 1,260 acres, mas Ins derechos de agua a to largo de Black River en New Mexico. En <br />Arizona,la tiltima seccidn remanente de Cienega Creek fue adquirida. Un esfuerzo significativo fue iniciado para <br />reintroducir a la trucha garganta cortada del Colorado dentro de sus habitats nativos en las cuencas de Green y Little <br />Snake en Wyoming. Trabajos de mejoramiento de habitat han sido efectuados para proteger a la especie en peligro de <br />desaparicidn Mohave tui chub (Gila bicolor mohavensis) en Lake Tuende y West Pond, cerca de Baker, California. <br />Tambien en California, la BLM adquirio 1,200 acres incluyendo pozos artesianos en el Area de Dos Palmas, que pueden <br />proveer la expansion de habitat para el cachorrito del desierto (Cyprinodon macularius). Los miembros que participan <br />en este proyecto, han estado tambien muy ocupados con muchos otros planes y esfuerzos para la reintroducci6n de otras <br />especies de peces nativos, incluyendo la reintroducci6n de la trucha garganta cortada del Rio Grande en las Areas de <br />jurisdiccidn p9blica de New Mexico, y la trucha arcoiris (poblacidn interior o "Redband") en el sur de Idaho. <br />GARRETr, GARY P. (HOH Research Station, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Ingram, TX) <br />Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Agency Report / Reporte de agencia del <br />Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas <br />KEYWORDS: Rio Grande; Balmorhea; Chihuahuan Desert; cienaga; endangered fishes <br />ABSTRACT <br />The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is currently involved in three projects relevant to Desert Fishes Council <br />interests, the Rio Grande Survey, Balmorhea Cienaga Project and the Chihuahuan Desert Fishes Status Survey. The Rio <br />Grande Survey seeks to develop a comprehensive fish community data base for the relatively un-impacted ecoregions <br />of the river in Texas. The data will be used as a baseline for managing the resource and providing for protection and <br />mitigation after implementation of the North American Free Trade. Agreement. The Balmorhea Cienaga Project will <br />involve constructing a functional desert cenaga that will not only serve as an additional refuge for two endangered fishes, <br />but will also create an example of a vanishing ecosystem in an educational setting that is available to the general public. <br />The Chihuahuan Desert Fishes "Status Survey is a cooperative, Section 6 project that will provide for status determination <br />of several Federal Category 2 fishes that occur in the Chihuahuan Desert region of Texas, New Mexico and the Republic <br />of Mexico. <br />3