9558

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9558
• Author: Maddux, H. R.
• 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, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

B. Public Waters: Stocking of nonsalmonid, nonnative fishes in public
waters within the 50-year floodplain will not occur except for the
following exceptions.
(1) The State of Colorado has developed lake management plans
or stocking plans for the following waters in the Upper Basin,
excluding the San Juan River Basin, that have been approved by
the Service since the inception of the Recovery Program.
Stocking of approved species into the following these waters
will be routine:
Rio Blanco Reservoir, Colorado
Purdy Mesa Reservoir, Colorado (formally Hollenbeck Reservoir)
Mack Mesa Reservoir, Colorado
Chipeta Lake, Colorado
Crawford Reservoir, Colorado
McPhee Reservoir, Colorado
Harvey Gap Reservoir, Colorado
(2) Routine stocking of largemouth bass, bluegill, black
crappie, and triploid grass carp can occur in Corn Lake, the
upper Connected Lakes, and Duke Lake once the Colorado Division
of Wildlife and the Service have approved for these waters: 1)
berming to FEMA specifications to functionally remove them from
the 50-year floodplain; 2) screening of the outlets; and 3) the
Lake Management Plans. These waters provide important
recreational fishing opportunities for kids and others through
programs such as Pathways to Fishing.
(3) Lake Management Plans and stocking proposals, that have been
previously approved or are evaluated and accepted under these
Procedures, may be reviewed at any time by mutual agreement of
the Service and the State wildlife agency to insure
compatibility with recovery objectives. Approved Lake
Management Plans and stocking proposals will be reviewed every
five years.
(4) Any party may petition the appropriate State wildlife agency
to review an approved Lake Management Plan or stocking proposal
based on new ifOrmevaluathon previously considered in
the development
Isolated public and isolated private waters, having no connection to the
river, that are above the 50-year floodplain can be routinely stocked with
largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, mosquitofish, and triploid grass
carp.
Isolated public and isolated private waters, having D)oaconnection toltheyear
river, that are above the 6,500-foot msl (App above the -
floodplain can be routinely stocked with fathead minnow and channel catfish in
addition to those species approved for above the 50-year floodplain.
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