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IN REPLY REFER TO: Land Operations Memorandum To: From: United States Department of -the Interior BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PHOENIX AI(EA OFFICE P. (). 13ox 7007 Phornix, Arizona 85011 September 6, 1977 Regional Director, Region 6 Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado Area Director Subject: Draft Colorado River Squawfish Recovery Plan M We .have reviewed the subject draft. Thank you for the opportunity to participate. We note that the Salt River portion formerly nominated as critical habitat has been deleted from Region 2's recommendations in their memorandum dated September 13, 1976. This area which includes Fort Apache and San Carlos Reservations is included in the monitoring areas listed on page 18. The only other Indian land area under our jurisdiction included in the monitor- ing plan is that portion of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation adjacent to the Green River upstream from Ouray, Utah to the Reservation boundary. Any monetary participation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as suggested by the proposed budget, would be dependent upon those tribes whose lands are M-1 included in the program budgeting the funds in the Agency's banding analysis process. This would require the affected Tribes to place a priority on this program. Agency budgets have already been prioritized through FY '79 and they do not include funds for these purposes. We suggest the budget be modified to delete the BIA's portion through FY '79. For subsequent years, include only those funds affected Tribes designate in their band analysis. To obtain Tribal and Agency consideration of the plan, we suggest you contact Agency Superintendents and Tribal Councils involved. In addition to the three tribes discussed above, we suggest you may wish to contact the Navajo Area Office, BIA; and the Navajo Tribe, as portions of the San Juan River proposed for monitoring appear to be within the Navajo Reservation. ~~p~UTION %F Q U Z ~~b ^a~ ~~~B-196 1 t t t