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WDS <br />IV. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Discussion of the Colorado River endemic fishes program <br />relative to approaches underway in the Upper and Lower <br />Basins - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Denver and <br />Albuquerque <br />Upper Basin <br />John Green, Assistant Regional Director, Denver office reported. <br />r Federal Aid and the Endangered Species programs. <br />He said he was ove <br />ood to be back in the west after serving some time in <br />id it wa <br />s g <br />He sa <br />the east, and had the following comments to make: <br />One of the major things we have been dealing with is the Colorado <br />tatus of <br />River fishes. I would like to give you a brief update on the s <br />d Wildlife Conservation <br />the recovery plans and the status of the Fish an <br />plan we have been working on. <br />ou probably know, the squawfish and humpback were listed back <br />A <br />i <br />s y <br />es <br />in 1967 and the bonytail was listed in 1980. Those are the three spec <br />roved <br />a <br />l <br />pp <br />ans <br />addressed in the conservation plan. We have the recovery p <br />tail just put <br />bon <br />d th <br />y <br />e <br />in 1978 and 1979 for the squawfish and humpback an <br />Washington--the two revised <br />d t <br />o <br />into final draft. All three were shippe <br />d the final draft for <br />drafts for the Colorado squawfish and humpback, an <br />h the final process there <br />throu <br />l <br />g <br />go <br />the bonytail this past week. It wil <br />vised final and final. <br />and be out as a final document-,-I should say re <br />nd incorporate new data <br />The revisions were to conform to new guidelines a <br />relating to the Colorado fishery studies. <br />conservation plan is an extension of the species recovery plan <br />Th <br />- <br />e <br />and is intended to consolidate the recovery actions into a overall com <br />d <br />t <br />e an <br />prehensive long-range plan that can be used by us and other Sta <br />t the recovery <br />d <br />lan an <br />tion <br />a <br />s <br />p <br />Federal agencies. In general, the conserva <br />lly <br />r <br />c <br />plan are the same, but in different Ova <br />task to be carried <br />the <br />f <br />i <br />on o <br />more broad in range and give a descrip <br />ks down the major tasks and is more <br />t <br />b <br />rea <br />out. The conservation plan <br />The goals are stated differently. <br />t <br />. <br />specific and in a different forma <br />as the status of the preliminary draft conservation plan, <br />f <br />ar <br />As <br />the draft was released last June. We were not ready to put it out, <br />cret <br />but pressure got bad because people seemed to think we had some se <br />street. <br />th 5 <br />e <br />document going, so we felt it was time to put something on <br />d heading as far as <br />It would let people know where we were looking an <br />it did cause quite a <br />the protection of these species. Needless to say, <br />f comments. At the time, we were ? <br />lot of concern. We have a high stack o <br />d the States involved for a kind <br />just going to release to Reclamation an <br />ot out and pressure from oil companies, <br />t word <br />b <br />g <br />u <br />of in-house review, <br />was so heavy, we went ahead <br />i <br />es <br />industry, and individuals wanting cop <br />and distributed the draft. <br />26