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~. , • " 1 <br />The final curtain has yet to be drawn on the. Colorado squawfish. <br />Although <br />reduced to about 25X of its former range, the fish survives. A viable, <br />sizeable population exists in the Green River, after coping with a virtual <br />plethora of environmental insults, including the onslaught of a dozen or more <br />potential competitor species. We are using research information to plan water <br />management options that are aiding recruitment. As we learn more about this <br />fish and work to provide its needs, it is apparent that the concept of <br />~ " ace h a long-term conservation ethic ~ a process <br />of continuing evolution (Frankel 1983), that includes management on an <br />ecosystem scale ~-~~~~~;~n Pthfir tQ .fie onAlry practical, and ~y <br />~+F'~~'t9 'Y'tGovGrl^~~j ~~L un('.~<. ,Jf-rG Ys~v.~. s <br />possible solution, But ~nservation of the Colorado squawfish will require <br />~~ r.+ w`n z~- <br />new and m~re ecologically appropriate approaches to fisheries management: <br />Management for Recovery. This ~ includes not only recovery of the <br />fish, but of its environment as well. Success wffill require national efforts <br />gV~v~r~v.w,Q w~-~~1 ! i ~j <br />on the part of scientists, managers,~water resources developers, governmentsy <br />and local citizens. If we are successful for this fish, and for its <br />ecosystem, I believe success will follow more quickly for other endangered <br />species as well. <br />Acknowledgements <br />This paper includes published and previously unpublished information <br />collected by the Colorado River Fishes Project, U. S. Fish and Wildlife <br />Service. Financial support was provided, in part, by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and others. States of Colorado and <br />Utah provided logistical support. I thank Lee E. Mills for many years of <br />38 <br />