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<br />Jarvis Backwater Enhancement <br />Private 8-FC-CU-PR020 $45,850 <br />Program funds supported revegetation of an 8-acre backwater of the Colorado <br />River in the city of Grand Junction, CO. The Colorado River Endangered Fish <br />Recovery Program funded dike modifications to restore flooded bottomland <br />habitat for fish spawning. These program funds covered active revegetation of <br />native species of cottonwood, willow, native grasses and native shrubs in and <br />around the backwater basin. A temporary irrigation system was installed and <br />operated to improve germination and revegetation success in the first two years. <br />The Mesa Soil Conservation District installed the project and monitored <br />operations of this project which contributed to the goals of the Upper Colorado <br />River Endangered Fishes Recovery Implementation Program. The backwater <br />area creates a natural offstream pool to encourage staging (resting/protective <br />habitat) for young of the year endangered Colorado River fish (razorback sucker, <br />Colorado pikeminnow). <br />Acronyms <br />AGFD Arizona Game and Fish Department <br />BOR Bureau of Reclamation <br />BLM Bureau of Land Management <br />CRIT Colorado River Indian Tribes <br />CDOW Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />NAU Northern Arizona University <br />NMDGF New Mexico Department of Game and Fish <br />USFS Forest Service <br />USFWS Fish and Wildlife Service <br />WGFD Wyoming Game and Fish Department <br />