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participation. Their objective is to based national outreach strategy that participation in recreational angling thereby increase public awareness and need for protecting, conserving, and aquatic natural resources. recommend a consensus- will increase and boating and appreciation of the restoring this nation's During the past six months, a number of local meetings have been held to receive input to the ideas developed through the partnership. A draft document for solutions will be written by the partnership by August. Mr. Janish reviewed the problems identified as a result of the findings meetings, and then discussed the suggested solution methods which have been identified. The solutions revolve around marketing fishing to the actual demographics in the country, and reinforcing the types of choices which people now make in their lives. The process being followed by the Partnership Council should be sufficiently complete, that in January 1999 Janish should have a completed product and can report its content and discuss with the Council. Following considerable discussion of the problems and what is ahead for the fishing industry and sporting population, the Council agreed that Mr. Janish should report at the Council meeting next January and also bring from the staff a recommendation of whether, and to what extent, the CRFWC should become involved. The report was presented by Mr. Jon Sjoberg who provided the group with a draft summary assessment of status and conservation needs for amphibian species in the Colorado River Basin(see Appendix H). This is an extension of the effort started in 1995 to do an assessment of non-listed fish species and other species where there might be the opportunity, given ranges of the animals in one or more states, to make multiple-state agreements through the CRFWC for conservation and thereby reduce the potential for listing for those species. In the process of gathering data, additional species were identified. All Council states have replied except California, which is still involved in preparing information, and some information from the other states, for species not on the original request. After this data is received, the states will review to make sure the compilation is accurate, and the report will be presented to 14 1 1 1 1 t