7384

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7384
• Author: Tyus, H. M.
• Title: Colorado Squawfish.
• USFW Year: n.d.
• USFW - Doc Type: Vernal, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

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future initiatives I incorporate terminology and order of five recovery
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elements presented by SFWS ~1987~ for consistency and to aid the reader in
making comparisons between this paper and the program outlined: Habitat
management, habitat development and maintenance, stocking of native fish
species, nonnative species and sportfishing management, and research,
monitoring, and data management. Further information about these recovery
management elements, including development and assessment of the Upper
Colorado River Basin Recovery Implementation Program (RIP) is-found in Rose
and Hamill (1988) and USFWS (1987ab). _~ V
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Effective management imglies rotection of he Colorado squawfis •ud.
native riverine habitats necessary to prevent further jeopordy to the
continued existance of 0 first consideration is to provide and
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maintain instream flows of proper timing, duration, and magnitude, to the
proper locations, for all life history needs of the fish. must
u c ent quality, i.e. accepta a mper ure, d
bth~r oaram~e~'- Although the operation of large reservoirs can be co~•~r-aLL~_
to provide and time flow releases, it is glenerally agreed that ytnstream
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flowSneed~for recover A'~ ~`~ `~" ~ ` G ~@~ water .••f'~
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develop~ent~ the appropriation, or acquisition of water rights.
Section 7 consultation between FWS and other federal agencies has resulted in
flow -related conservation measures needed to prevent loss of endangered
species, but no*_ for recovery per se'. The attainment of sufficient quantities
of water requires determination of instream flow needs, based on the habitat
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