9490

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9490
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Final Environmental Assessment for Procedures for Stocking of Nonnative Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Grand Junction.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table 8. Comparison of alternatives in regards to floodplain pond fish
stocking within critical habitat.
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Management/Prevention
Activity and/or
Strata y Preferred
Alternative Alt
# 1 Alt
# 2 Alt
# 3 Alt
# 4 Alt
# 5
Trout stockin encoura ed
0-10 yr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
10-50 yr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
50-100 yr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
>100 yr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stock largemouth bass, bluegill, and
black crappie: isolated/screened
onds
0-10 yr Yes19 'C/C No No Yes20 No
10-50 yr Yes21 C C No No Yes Yes
50-100 r Yes22 C C Yes No Yes Yes
>100 yr Yes21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Certified triploid grass carp:
isolated screened onds
0-10 r Yes20 C C No No Yes No
10-50 r Yes20 C C No No Yes No
50-100 yr Yes21 C C Yes Yes Yes Yes
>100 yr YesZt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
•C/l: would r~quir~ a ease-by-case review prior to occurring.
w Stocking under this alternative would be at the discretion of the private pond owner, but would probably not occur
unless the pond was harmed to FEMA standards for the SQyear floodplain.
~ Stocking permitted only if pond harmed to FEMA standards; 5 feet above OIiWL.
' 21 Stocking under this alternative would be at the discretion of the private pond owner, but pond must be harmed to
FEMA standards for the 50-year floodplain.
~ Private pones only.
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