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UCREFRP Catalog Number
9656
Author
Stempel, M. and R. Wydoski.
Title
Final Environmental Assessment - Disposition of Captive-Reared Endangered Colorado River Fish.
USFW Year
1995.
USFW - Doc Type
Denver, CO.
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of captive-reared fish to be stocked will vary because the Recovery <br />Program is applying an adaptive management approach where the results of <br />experiments are used to modify existing stocking plans or to develop new <br />plans. <br />4. Information and Education. Specimens of endangered fish that are <br />maintained in aquaria can be used in public relations programs and to <br />educate the public about the ecological requirements of the fish, reasons <br />related to their status as "endangered", efforts being taken to recover <br />these native fishes and the relationship of recovery efforts to water <br />development in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Such specimens will be <br />displayed in local and national aquaria where information and education <br />programs have been initiated. The number of fish used in aquaria for <br />information and education purposes will be relatively small (i.e., less <br />tha X,100 in total for each species). <br />Specimens of the endangered fishes would add substantially to <br />environmental education programs. For example, the Service funded the <br />development of an environmental education curriculum guide "Rivers at <br />Risk" for teachers in grades kindergarten through 12 during 1993. The <br />35-page curriculum is composed of 9 activities to educate students about <br />the Colorado River ecosystem that emphasizes the relation between water <br />development and the endangered fishes. Copies of this curriculum were <br />printed through the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program and <br />distributed to Project Wild coordinators in Arizona, Colorado, New <br />Mexico, and Utah. Such educational experiences would be greatly enhanced <br />if the students could actually see the fish. <br />As natural ecosystems are altered to serve human needs, endemic or native <br />species are often adversely affected. Indeed, many native fishes in <br />southwestern United States have been drastically affected and some are <br />now extinct from human-induced habitat alterations. The American public <br />loses part of its natural heritage when natural systems are altered. <br />Often the decline in animal numbers and species results from the lack of <br />human sensitivity and understanding of the impacts from various <br />developments on fish and wildlife and their habitats. Information and <br />education programs can increase the sensitivity and understanding of the <br />public to the relationship of the ecological requirements of endangered <br />species to human development and management activities. <br />Water is one of the most precious resources, particularly in the arid and <br />semi-arid west. Water development allowed this region of the United <br />States to be inhabited by humans. The American public will place even <br />more demand for the multiple-use of natural resources including rivers in <br />the future. The Recovery Program for the four endangered large river <br />fishes is one of the largest and most comprehensive projects of its kind <br />in the United States. The challenge is to ensure that water can be <br />managed and allocated to meet existing and new municipal, industrial, and <br />agricultural uses, while at the same time, providing streamflows, <br />habitat, and ecological conditions necessary to restore the endangered <br />Colorado River fishes (Wydoski and Hamill 1991). <br />5
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