7892

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7892
• Author: Elmblad, W. R., et al.
• Title: State of Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Lake Management Plans For The Northwest Region.
• USFW Year: 1994.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The following lake management plans have been prepared pursuant to the
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guidelines in the interim Procedures for Stocking Nonnative Fish Species in the Up,p~r_
Colorado River Basin, (March 10, 19941. Waters included in this report were
evaluated based on the criteria in Table 1 of the Procedures to determine if the
Colorado Division of Wildlife's (CDOW) proposed fish stocking necessitated acase-by-
case review. Only those waters which require such a review are included in this
report. These waters include:
• Connected Lake -Small
• Connected Lake -Large
• Corn Lake
• Duke Lake
• Elkhead Reservoir
• Harvey Gap Reservoir
• Highline Reservoir
• Island Acres Pond
• Parachute Pond
• Rifle I-70 Rest Stop Pond
• Thirty Road Pond
The sections entitled, "Introduction" and "Monitoring" apply to all sites.
Additional information on escapement potential and plausible impacts to threatened
and endangered species is provided for specific waters in the section entitled,
"Reservoir Description and Evaluation."
According to the review process prescribed in the Interim Procedures, this
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document will be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming, Utah,
New Mexico, other participants in the Recovery Implementation Program, and the
general public fora 60-day review period. Further details of this review process are
described in the Interim Procedures which are placed in the appendix of this report.
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