8138

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8138
• Author: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Arizona Game and Fish Department and The National Park Service.
• Title: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Utah/Arizona\
• USFW Year: 1996.
• Copyright Material: NO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 1
BACKGROUND ~ I
PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PLAN ~ ~ 2
Objectives of the P1 an 2
Objectives of Fish Management ~ ~ ~ ~ 2
HISTORY OF GLEN CANYON NRA ~ 3
ISSUES AND CONCERNS 3
II. OVERVIEW OF MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND AUTHORITIES
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RELATIONSHIP TO PLANNING DOCUMENTS
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National Park Service ; ; ; q
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources ~
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Arizona Game and Fish Department
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OTHER AUTHORITIES ; ; ; ; ;

National Park Service ; ; ~ ~ 5
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Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 6
Arizona Game and Fish Department 6
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ~ 6
C1 can Water Act (1913 )
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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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MOU Between Glen Canyon NRA and Utah
Division of
Wildlife 7
Executive Order 12962 ~
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AGENCIES/GROUPS 7
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ~
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Bureau f Reclamation ; ;
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National Biological Service
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Recovery Implementation Programs
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Lake Powell Native Fish Work Group 8
Universities/contractors
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Grand Canyon Adaptive Management
Program 8
Canyonlands and other National Parks on the Colorado '
Plateau g
Navajo Nation 8
III. GENERAL PHYSICAL AN9 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 8
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT g
Geography 8
Geology 8
C1 imate 9
Water Resources ~ ~ 9
BIOLOGICAL ANO ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS ~ ~ 11
Pre-daa~ History of Ecosystem and Fishery 11
Post-dam History of Ecosystem and Fishery 12
IY. FISH MANAGEMENT P ANNiNG 14
FLOWING RIVERS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 16
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Status of rivers ~ 16
Goal for Rivers ~ ~ ~ ~ 16
Flowing River Management~Objectives 16
INFLOWS 17
Status of Inflows ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 17
Inflow Goal ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 19
Inflow Management Objectives 19