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<br /> River from Lay, Colorado, downstream to Sunbeam, <br /> Colorado. Areas in Utah include: 1) the. Green <br />' River from Jensen, Utah, downstream to Ouray, <br /> Utah; 2) the Green River-from the confluence <br /> of the Price River downstream to Green ?2iver, <br />Utah; 3) the Green River from the Mineral Canyon <br /> access downstream 20 km to a point in Canyonlands <br /> National Park; 4) the Colorado River from Dewey <br /> Bridge downstream to Moab Utah; and 5) the. San <br /> Juan River from Bluff, Utah, downstream to <br /> l~!fexican Hat, Utah. In Arizona, the Salt River <br /> fran the confluence of the White .River-and Black <br /> River downstream to the State Rt. 288 bridge <br /> -will be monitored. Backwater nursery areas <br /> will be sampled with seines and dip nets for <br />evidence of young-of-the. year and juvenile <br /> Colorado squawfish each fall. Indices of <br /> relative abundance in sequential years will be <br /> established. <br /> 1222. Recommend monitoring agencies and personnel. <br /> Each state in the,Colorado River drainage basin <br /> in which Colorado squawfish occur will take re- <br /> sponsibility for or supervise population mon- <br />1 itoring. Included are the Colorado Division of <br /> Wildlife, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, <br /> and the Arizona Game and Fish Departrnent, and <br />j cooperating federal agencies. <br /> 1223. Ing~lement monitoring procedures. <br />! Itr~lemented on an annual basis until the species <br /> is declassified. These efforts must be closely <br /> coordinated with the habitat studies indicated <br />under 111. <br /> 123. Enforce all laws protecting the Colorado sguawfish. <br /> - <br /> and federal law enforce- <br />Insure that all local, state, <br /> meet agents can identify Colorado squawfish and dis- <br /> tinguish them from similar sympatric species. A simple <br /> taxonomic key and sane drawings in leaflet form are <br /> appropriate. All laws prohibiting take, harvest, or <br /> possession must be enforced. <br /> 13. rove resent habitats where feasible. <br />~ p <br /> This important element of the plan appears to be quite expen- <br /> sive and involved. The extensive nature of the habitat, <br />t <br />17 <br /> <br />