9589

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9589
• Author: Colorado Division of Wildlife.
• Title: Aquatic Wildlife Management Plan Yampa River Basin, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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need to protect these species via federal listing under the Endangered Species Act.. The MOA specifically targets Colorado River
cutthroat trout and boreal toad, both of which occur in the Yampa River Basin.
6) Statewide Fish Management Policy (avoroved by the Wildlife Commission November 14, 1997): this policy is intended to provide
long-term management guidance in developing aquatic resource and fishery management activities. Basin management plans are
expected to become the tools for integrating the policy into field management. The policy seeks to direct habitat and species
protection, species recovery, and sportfish management within the natural productivity of waters, the use of native, wild and stocked
trout species, and the use of stocked fish relative to potential adverse effects on native fishes. The policy also seeks to promote public
input into the basin management planning process.
7) Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Joint Conservation Strategy for Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah: this strategic plan outlines goals
and strategies for protecting existing and restored ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and conservation planning in the three
state area. Waters in the Yampa River system are identified for restoration and conservation planning activities. These waters are
identified within this plan and designated or planned actions included in the recommended strategies and options for target drainages
in the Upper Yampa River drainages.
8) Boreal Toad Conservation Strategy/Recovery Plan for Colorado: as an endangered species in Colorado, the boreal toad and related
habitats are the focus of an approved state recovery plan and interagency conservation team. Most important to this plan is
consideration of the aquatic sites used by adult toads for breeding and by tadpoles and toadlets as nursery habitats. Several such sites
have been identified in the Yampa River basin. Several of the subdrainages within the Upper Yampa hydrographic region are likely
suitable for inventory, monitoring and reintroduction actions within the scope of this recovery program.
Use and Revision of this Plan: waters included in the CDOW Fish Management Categorization System are each identified by specific
water code numbers. Also each lake or stream has been placed in a management category with a specific code number according
to the type of fisheries management profile for which it is best suited. These categories and accompanying code numbers are more
fully explained in Appendix A. The location of each water is described, and identified by map coordinates and page number of the
Colorado Atlas, and by county. The number of surface acres of standing waters, miles per stream reach, and land ownership are
provided per water code. Blanks within the landowner column indicate it is either unknown or combined public/private.
Abbreviations used in the drainage basin tables are defined in Appendix B. This current management and recommendations made
in this plan are based on existing information. Major review and revision of this plan should occur in five years (2003). but this plan
can be amended as necessary based on significant new information or policy direction.
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