6001

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 6001
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, C. R. F. R. T.
• Title: Colorado Squawfish Recovery Plan.
• USFW Year: 1978.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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In the program discussed here, we are dealing directly with the
western aquatic fauna, poorly ]mown and viewed by many people as
unimportant. These animals are difficult to observe and to ex-
hibit, and are generally considered less wr~rthy of preservation
than organisms of value to sportsmen or to industry. Native
aquatic animals of the American Southwest are unique and
endemic--part of an ancient, relict fauna that provides important
scientific information. Changes that have occurred and are
occurring are amplified and accelerated by the scarcity of water.
A great natural experiment of evolution, also amplified and
perhaps accelerated by isolation in desert aquatic habitats,
appears about to became an exercise in extinction, if man will
have it so."
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