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UCREFRP Catalog Number
7260
Author
Rose, S. and J. Hamill
Title
Help Is on the Way for Rare Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin
USFW Year
1988
USFW - Doc Type
Endangered Species Technical Bulletin
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<br />(continued from previous page) <br /> <br />will not be a complete solution to the <br />problem. Manmade areas, such as gravel <br />pits along the Colorado River, can be <br />us~ as rearing areas for native fishes. <br />4.!Management of non-native spe- <br />cies and sportfishing. Certain intro- <br />duced fish species are suspected to prey <br />on, or compete with, the endangered <br />fishes. In addition, anglers have been <br />known to capture, endangered fishes fre- <br />quently in some areas. These potential <br />problem areas will be monitored and con- <br />trolled where necessary and feasible <br />through a cooperative effort between <br />State wildlife agencies and the Service. <br />5. Research, monitoring, and data <br />management. Detailed study plans will <br />identify criteria needed for recovery, test <br />the effectiveness of management and <br />recovery strategies, and evaluate the life <br />history and habitat of each of the four <br />species, Monitoring will track population <br />status and trends and evaluate the overall <br />success of the program, Timely analysis <br />and reporting of monitoring and research <br />data will be accomplished bya cost-effec- <br />tive data management system. This cen- <br />tralized system will serve as an informa- <br />tion resource for directing management <br />strategies and recovery activities. <br /> <br />The program's recovery goals for the <br />Colorado squawfish and humpback chub <br />are to maintain and protect self-sustaining <br />populations and sufficient natural habitat <br />to support these populations. Due to the <br />particularly critical status of the bonytail <br />chub, the immediate goal is to prevent its <br />extinction, while the ultimate goal is to <br />protect self-sustaining populations and <br />natural habitat. Although the razorback <br />sucker is not currently listed as Endan- <br />gered or Threatened, its precarious status <br />makes it desirable to provide for its future <br />using the same goals established for the <br />Colorado squawfish and humpback chub. <br />, .- Funding of the Recovery prograf!! is a <br />cooperative responsibility. Expenditures <br />are divided into two areas, the annual <br />operating budget and capital funds. The <br />projected annual budget for the recovery <br />il program is $2,300,000. Sources for both <br />i funds will include Federal and State gov- <br />i ernments, power and water users, a~d <br />\ private' donations. (The Fish and Wildlife <br />Service is currently contributing approx- <br />'imately $600,000 per year toward this <br />~nnual cost.) Two capital funds are <br />eeded through congressional appropria. - <br />ions. One of the funds (approximately <br />t10 million) will be for the purchase of <br />ater rights to establish instream flows. In <br />ddition to the flow acquisition fund, $5 <br />million will be needed to initiate other <br />tecovery construction elements, such as <br />hatcheries, additional fish passages, hab- <br />hat modification, and other projects. Con- <br />hibutions by proponents of non-Federal <br />!water projects will provide, an additional <br />)source of funding, offsettmg depletion <br />I'impacts by contributing $10 per acre-foot <br />(adjusted annually lor inflation) based on <br /> <br /> <br />razorback sucker <br /> <br /> <br />humpback chub <br /> <br /> <br />bonytai' chub <br /> <br /> <br />drawings by Dr, Robert J, Behnke <br /> <br />the average annual d<::pletion of the proj- <br />ect. <br />This Recovery Agrl'::l'::ment represents a <br />major effort to satisl! a group of highly <br />divergent interests, I~ successful, it will <br /> <br />demonstrate that, with cooperation and <br />carefui planning, development and the <br />needs of native fishes in the Upper Colo- <br />rado River Basin can be compatible. <br /> <br />ENDANGERED SPECIES TECHNICAL BULLETIN Vol. XIII No, ~ (1988) <br /> <br />7 <br />
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