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<br />and manage other areas for increased abundance, <br /> <br />To maintain the genetic diversity of the species, and <br /> <br />To increase the distribution of Colorado River cutthroat trout where ecologically and <br />economically feasible. <br /> <br />The objective of the Conservation Strategy for Colorado River cutthroat trout is <br /> <br />To maintain and restore 383 conservation populations in 1754 stream miles and 18 <br />populations in 652 lake acres in 14 GMUs within the historic range. <br /> <br />Objective setting for Colorado River cutthroat conservation will necessarily be a fluid and adaptive <br />process. Although this objective is presented in terms of numbers of populations and the miles or <br />acreages that they occupy, the most meaningful framework for conservation activity is the long-term <br />stability of the at-risk species and ecosystem. This objective embodies the concept that to maintain <br />and restore a population involves work to increase the ecological stability of the population if it is <br />less than optimum. <br /> <br />In Utah, future objectives will be based on historically occupied stream miles categorized <br />by stream order to ensure that all historical stream and watershed types are represented. Colorado <br />has estimated as much as 900 stream miles in 171 streams may be suitable as CRCT habitat (Bennett <br />et al. 1996). All three states should be moving toward objectives set within DPS/ESUs instead of <br />GMUs (see Item A, Definitions and Issues section) and toward an approach that better addresses the <br />issues surrounding long-term st~bility. Until these improvements are implemented, however, the <br />objective above is described in more detail in Table 2. <br /> <br />March 1999 <br /> <br />19 <br />