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This is a description of the fishes, insects, <br />limnology, vegetation, and use of the Green <br />River before the completion of Flaming Gorge <br />Reservoir. A short species account for the <br />fish is given; which also includes the distri- <br />bution of endangered fish. <br />220. McDonald, D. B., and P. A. Dotson. n.d. WATER QUAL. <br />Federal Aid in fish restoration investiga- VEGETATION <br />tions of specific problems in Utah's STOCKING <br />fishery. Completion Report Federal Aid FLAMING GORGE RES. <br />Project No. F-4-R-6. 70 pp. (Abstr.) <br />Seventeen species of fish are known to occur in <br />the Glen Canyon pre-impoundment area at the <br />present time. The Flaming Gorge vicinity has <br />sixteen known species. A stomach analyses, <br />which involved several species of fish, tends <br />to indicate a scarcity of spawning areas for <br />game fish species, especially the salmonids, in <br />both of the reservoirs. At the present time, a <br />few small tributary streams in the Flaming <br />Gorge area support trout spawning. <br />The high turbidity and scouring action of <br />sand undoubtedly affects the bottom fauna and <br />aquatic plants found in the rivers and large <br />tributaries. No chemical conditions were found <br />in either of the rivers or tributary streams <br />that would be deleterious to fish life. <br />The dominant riparian vegetation along the <br />rivers was found to be tamarix and willow. <br />There is a scarcity of aquatic plants in the <br />river proper. <br />Pre-impoundment investigations revealed <br />that game fish stocking recommendations should <br />be considered as follows: largemouth bass, <br />rainbow trout and kokanee salmon for Lake <br />Powell, created by the Glen Canyon dam, while <br />-the same species, excluding the largemouth <br />bass, for the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. <br />221. Meyers, J. S. 1962. Evaporation from the 17 RESERVOIR <br />western states. U. S. Geological Survey HYDROLOGY <br />Professional Papers No. 272-D. (Abstr.) WATER QUAN. <br />The gross annual evaporation from exposed water <br />surfaces was estimated for the 17 states lying <br />wholly or partly west of the 100th meridian. <br />The amount of evaporation in each subdivision <br />92 <br />