4205

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4205
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council.
• USFW Year: 1984.
• USFW - Doc Type: April 2-3, 1984.
• Copyright Material: NO

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(Liles - the Technical Committee had some difficulty when we reviewed
the Conservation Plan and it was speaking solely to the Upper Basin and
some of these fishes are still present in the Lower Basin, which led
us to draft the letter we have before the Council:'
Johnson - the Lower Basin States are also developing, if you will,
a Conservation Plan. In essence, what it is going to try to do is tie
-together what we have already initiated on the ground into one cohesive
package, so that it is not 5 or 6 different little progjects going on
together, so you can see the approach on all projects together. It is,
again, an on the ground document.
Liles - that document is being coordinated through the recovery
team itself, is it not?
Johnson - the recovery team has splintered into a smaller group of
Lower Basin States alone and we meet about once a year--sometimes twice
to discuss the Lower Basin problems as opposed to the overall Basin
problems. Jim St. Amant sits as Team Leader for the Recovery Team and
also sits on the other Lower Basin Ad Hoc group, along with biologists
of each of the States n many Federal agencies.
I think most of the recovery on the Colorado fishes will be in
the States of Colorado and Utah in the Upper Basin, and in the Lower
Basin, Arizona and perhaps New Mexico. Again, California lacks smaller
streams or even good habitat in the main-stream Colorado for the big-
water fishes. Arizona still has live flowing streams that we believe
could be conducive to these fish. In New Mexico, the San J an River
and Upper Gila.might also. We do have a coop agreement with the State
of New Mexico on the razorback sucker, but it is not active because
the biologists cannot agree on how to proceed. I do see Arizona as
the main State for these species, if we are going to get them recovered.
The live streams and habitat still exist in Arizona.
B. Creation of a Waterfowl Management Plan for the Colorado
River Basin - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
W. Ellis Klett of the Alhuquerque Regional office reported the
following.
From the time I suggested this item to George Divine, who was
putting together the agenda items for Mike to send to you people,
it grew, and is listed on the;-agenda as "Creation of a Waterfowl
Management Plan for the Colorado River Basin." My comments are pri-
marily aimed at Arizona and California, or the Lower part of the
Colorado River.
What we are proposing could be expanded if we get into the study
and find it is necessary or the States would like it expanded. I had
a call from Region 6 after the agenda came out"and they were curious
about this topic, because I had not discussed it with them. I guess
they felt like we were getting over in their territory.
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