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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I and within critical habitat of the Green, Yampa, White, Colorado, and Gunnison sub-basins of the VCRB. In situations where pond inlet/outlet screens are required, landowner compliance has been difficult to determine and assess. In 2000, 180 private landowner fish stocking permit applications were processed for waters west of the Continental Divide, compared to 136 applications processed in 2001. During 2000 and 2001, less than 5% of the 316 total private landowner fish stocking permit applications were disapproved or voluntarily withdrawn by the landowner. In 2000,65% of these applications were for ''trout only," while ''triploid grass carp only" accounted for 16% of the applications. Of the remaining applications, 5% included "warm water fish only" and 14% included anyone offour possible combinations (i.e., ''trout and triploid grass carp," ''trout and warmwater fish," ''trout, warmwater fish, and triploid grass carp," or ''triploid grass carp and warmwater fish"). In 2001, ''trout only" and ''triploid grass carp only" accounted for 34% and 41% of the applications, respectively. The remaining 25% of the applications were for ''warmwater fish only" (7%), while 18% constituted anyone of the four previously mentioned possible combinations. A total of 55 lake license applications (32 private and 23 commercial) were processed for waters west of the Continental Divide during 2000. Sixty-nine percent of these applications were for ''trout only," while 25.5% included warmwater fish and either trout and/or triploid grass carp. The remaining 5.5% included applications for ''triploid grass carp only" and ''trout and triploid grass carp." A total of20 lake license applications (11 private and nine commercial) were processed during 2001. Seventy percent of these applications were for ''trout only," while 25% included triploid grass carp and either warmwater fish or trout. "Warmwater fish only" applications accounted for the remaining 5%. The CDOW recognizes that improving relations with the general public, private aquaculturists, and other agencies is critical for successful implementation of the CDOW's fish stocking regulations. CDOW personnel have organized mailing lists of potential "fish stockers," prepared articles for printing in local newspapers regarding fish stocking guidelines, met with private aquaculturists, and conducted presentations for CDOW law enforcement personnel, as well as biologists of other agencies, to increase awareness and understanding of the CDOW's fish stocking program. Martin, L. M. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Grand Junction, CO Implications and Utilization ofFish Data Collected from Washes and Tributaries Flowing into Critical Habitat of the Grand Valley. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW), V.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the City of Grand Junction cooperatively conducted fish surveys at six sites along Persigo Wash in March 2001, during the irrigation off-season. The presence of multiple age classes of the flanneImouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis) and speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) throughout most ofPersigo Wash suggested that these native species may be maintaining self-sustaining, resident populations in this irrigation-influenced trIbutary to the Colorado River. This finding provided impetus for the CDOW to initiate a more intensive, long- term, seasonal project to qualitatively monitor the fish community structure, and assess the water chemistry of ephemeral tributaries flowing into critical habitat of the Colorado River within the Grand Valley of Colorado. The CDOW conducted qualitative fish surveys and collected water chemistry samples at seven sites along other intermittent washes and creeks flowing into critical habitat of the Colorado River, in mid- to late October 2001. Five of the seven sites were selected based upon proximity of the site to critical habitat ofthe Colorado River, access to site locations 11