9326

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9326
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Draft Biological Opinion for Ute Water/Plateau Creek Pipeline Replacement Project, Mesa County, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

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recruitment of early life stages of razorback suckers. Within the Upper
Basin, recovery efforts endorsed by the Recovery Implementation Program
include the capture and removal of razorback suckers from all known locations
for genetic analyses and development of discrete brood stocks if necessary.
These measures have been undertaken to develop refugia populations of the
razorback sucker from the same genetic parentage as their wild counterparts
such that, if these fish are genetically unique by subbasin or individual
population, then separate stocks will be available for future augmentation.
Such augmentation may be a necessary step to prevent the extinction of
razorback suckers in the Upper Basin.
Critical Habitat
Critical habitat has been designated within the 100-year floodplain of the
razorback sucker's historical range in the following sections of the Upper
Basin (59 F.R. 13374).
Colorado, Moffat County. The Yampa River and its 100-year floodplain
from the mouth of Cross Mountain Canyon in T. 6 N., R. 98 W., section 23
(6th Principal Meridian) to the confluence with the Green River in
T. 7 N., R. 103 W., section 28 (6th Principal Meridian).
Utah Uintah County and Colorado, Moffat County. The Green River and
its 100-year floodplain from the confluence with the Yampa River in
T. 7 N., R. 103 W., section 28 (6th Principal Meridian) to Sand Wash in
T. 11 S., R. 18 E., section 20 (6th Principal Meridian).
Utah Uintah Carbon Grand Emery Wayne. and San Juan Counties. The
Green River and its 100-year floodplain from Sand Wash at river mile 96
at T. 11 S., R. 18 E., section 20 (6th Principal Meridian) to the
confluence with the Colorado River in T. 30 S., R. 19 E., section 7
(6th Principal Meridian).
Utah. Uintah County. The White River and its 100-year floodplain from
the boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation at river mile 18
in T. 9 S., R. 22 E., section 21 (Salt Lake Meridian) to the confluence
with the Green River in T. 9 S., R 20 E., section 4 (Salt Lake
Meridian).
Utah. Uintah County. The Duchesne River and its 100-year floodplain
from river mile 2.5 in T. 4 S., R. 3 E., section 30 (Salt Lake Meridian)
to the confluence with the Green River in T. 5 S., R. 3 E., section 5
(Uintah Meridian).
Colorado. Delta and Mesa Counties. The Gunnison River and its 100-year
floodplain from the confluence with the Uncompahgre River in T. 15 S.,
R. 96 W., section 11 (6th Principal Meridian) to Redlands Diversion Dam
in T. 1 S., R. 1 W., section 27 (Ute Meridian).
Colorado. Mesa and Garfield Counties. The Colorado River and its
100-year floodplain from Colorado River Bridge at exit 90 north off
Interstate 70 in T. 6 S., R. 93 W., section 16 (6th Principal Meridian)