7120

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7120
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Recommendations on Prohibited and Threatened Species of the Colorado River Drainage.
• USFW Year: n.d.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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Colorado ............................................... Common,
protected by 1JiIff1e fish regulations

Utah.......,............................... .'... Locally common,
protected by game fish regulations

Wyoming .............................................. Common,
protected by game fish regulations

STATE BY STATE SUMMARY OF AUTHORITY AND MANAGEMENT POLICY
FOR THREATENED AND NONGAME SPECIES

Arizona - The Department of Game and Fish has authority to establish programs for
~nagement and preservation of all wildlife, Two biBtDgists are assigned to
nongame species, with the emphasis on federally recognized endangered
or threatened species, The Department has publisheda list of "Threatened
Wildlife of Arizona,"

California - The Department of Fish and Game has authority to prolect and manage rare,
endangered and threatened species, and it has a cooperative agreement
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 10 work with endangered species on
the federal list. The Department has three full-time wildlife biologistsand
two full-time fishery bi.ologists assigned to rare and endangered and '
and nongame species.
. Colorado - The Division of Wildlife has statutory authority to protect4llld manage all wildlife
including state and federally listed threatened and endangered species as
well as species classified as nongame, The C01arado Nongame Staff
consists of one supervisor, one secretary and five biologists involved in
research and management of aquatics, birds. malNlals, reptiles, amphib-
ians and raptors. Primary emphasis is directed at recovery of state and
federally listed threatened and endangered specieS by captive breeding,
translocation or reintroduction. Federal grant-ifHiid funds, through the
Endangered Species Act of1973, are being used inrecovery programs, On
June 3, 1977, the Governor signed into law a bit which provides for a
check-off box on state income tax forms and a1Dws the taxpayers to
donate, 1, 5 or 10 dollars of their refund to the nongame program budget.

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