9595

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9595
• Author: CRCT Task Force.
• Title: Conservation Agreement and Strategy for Colorado River Cutthroat Trout ‎(Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus)‎ in the States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
• USFW Year: 1999.
• USFW - Doc Type: Fort Collins, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Conservation Agreement ................................................................................................... 1
Goals/Objectives .................................................................................................... 1
1. Other Species Involved ................................................................................. 2
U. Involved Parties ............................................................................................ 2
III. Authority ...................................................................................................... 2
IV. Conservation Actions ................................................................................... 3
V. Duration of Agreement ................................................................................ 5
VI. NEPA Compliance ...................................................................................... 5
VII. Federal Agency Compliance ....................................................................... 5
VIII. Signatories ................................................................................................... 6
Conservation Strategy ...................................................................... ................................. 7
Introduction and Background ............................................... ................................. 7
Status and Distribution ......................................................... ................................. 7
Definitions and Issues ........................................................... ................................ 12
A. Geographic Management Unit ............................. ............................... 12
B. Genetic Purity ..................................................... ................................. 12
C. Viability or Stability ............................................ ................................ 13
D. Baseline .............................................................. ................................. 13
E. Conservation Population ..................................... ................................. 14
F. Hybrid ................................................................. .................................. 14
G. Metapopulation .................................................. .................................. 14
H. Phenotype .......................................................... .................................. 15
Problems Contributing to Decline ........................................ ................................. 15
A. Habitat ............................................................... .................................. 15
B. Overutilization .................................................... ................................. 16
C. Disease or predation ........................................... ................................. 16
D. Regulating mechanisms ....................................... ................................ 17
E. Other factors ....................................................... .................................. 18
Conservation Strategy ......................................................... ................................... 18
Goals ....................................................................... ................................... 18
Objectives ................................................................ .................................. 19
Protecting existing and restored ecosystems ............. ................................ 21
Restoring degraded ecosystems ................................ ................................. 22
Planning ................................................................... .................................. 23
Literature Cited ................................................................... ................................... 28
Bibliography ........................................................................ ................................... 31
List of Tables
1. Numbers and miles/acres of CRCT conservation populations in Colorado, Utah
and Wyoming known to exist on July 1, 1998 ....................................................... 11
March 1999 u