7731

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7731
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, R. I. P.
• Title: Section 7 Consultation, Sufficient Progress, and Historic Projects Agreement and Recovery Action Plan.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

c. Water development depletion fees could provide 51-2 million over the
next 10 years. Under the Recovery Program, proponents of new water
projects which undergo Section 7 Endangered Species Act consultation
have agreed to pay aone-time depletion fee of 512.34 (adjusted
annually for inflation) per acre foot of the project's average annual
depletion. The actual rate of water development has not been
projected.
1.5 IVIEASURING PROGRESS TOWARD RECOVERY
Recovery actions which result in a measurable population response, a measurable
improvement in habitat for the fishes, legal protection of flows needed for
recovery, or a reduction in the threat of immediate extinction will be most
important in determining the extent to which the Recovery Program provides the
reasonable and prudent alternatives for projects undergoing Section 7 consultation.
These actions are identified by the carat ">" in the Action Plans, and will generally
be given highest priority.
The Recovery Program will need to continually evaluate the outcome of the actions
identified in the RIPRAP to determine their effectiveness in achieving recovery.
Ultimately, success of recovery efforts will be measured by species response
(change in population size, distribution, composition, etc.). However, it may be
many years before such responses are evident. In the interim, the Recovery
Program also will gage its progress towards recovery against accomplishment of
the actions identified in the RIPRAP.
To achieve recovery in the upper basin, it will be essential to fully implement all of
the actions in the RIPRAP; this will be accomplished only through cooperation by
all Program participants.
1.6 RECOVERY ACTION PLAN STRUCTURE
The substance of the RIPRAP is in Section 4.0, the Recovery Action Plans. It is
here that the specific recovery actions are listed. Recovery Action Plans have been
developed for Green and Colorado rivers and their subbasins in the upper basin. A
third Recovery Action Plan identifies general recovery program support activities
important to the success of the Recovery Program. Each action plan is arranged
by specific activities to be accomplished within the "recovery elements" listed
below:
1. Protect instream flows;
II. Restore habitat;
III. Reduce negative impacts of nonnative fishes and sportfish management
activities;
IV. Conserve genetic integrity and augment or restore populations;
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