9403

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9403
• Author: Office, C. U. P. C. A.
• Title: Upper Colorado River Basin Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Program
• USFW Year: 2002.
• USFW - Doc Type: Fiscal Years 1994-1998.
• Copyright Material: NO

the New Mexico Department of Game
and Fish constructed eight water
catchment basins on selected spring
drainages on the T7C C~~r.i~ State
Wildlife Management Area (Rio Arriba
County}, The reservoirs function as vital
water supplies for deer, elk, turkey and
numerous other wildlife species. In
conjunction with this project the state
constructed eleven additional earthen
reservoirs and created a 10,000-acre
roadless area on surrounding lands to
improve this important big game range.
It required three seasons to complete a
comprehensive SC tri'~~~t'E5`TF='k~
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the San Juan River (San Juan County)
from Navajo Dam to the Utah state line.
Increasing development pressures have
reduced the habitat integrity of riparian
(streamside) and flood plain corridors the
bird depends on to survive. The
southwestern race of the species is now
on the endangered species list. Survey
results confirmed that the flycatcher uses
the river corridor primarily for spring
migration to more northern locales.
However, the survey also documented
the first confirmed nesting and successful
reproduction of the species along the
San Juan River.
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