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<br />more complete database, especially on the streamflow needs of the Colorado <br />squawfish in the Sanjuan River. The USFWS's opinion placed the Animas- <br />LaP-lata Project "on hold" and created a major outcry from project supporters <br />from the Colorado and New Mex~co Congressional delegations, the Governor of <br />Colorado, a variety of state and local officials, Indian tribes, and others. <br /> <br />Even the Secretary of Interior suggested that the Endangered Species Act was <br />too restrictive and recommended that Congress amend the Act to allow <br />consideration of economic factors in the Section 7 consultation process. If <br />the Animas-laPlata biological opini~n is retained in its present form, it <br />will have a major influence on water development, water management, and <br />recovery efforts of the rare fishes in the San Juan P-iver. Only time will <br /> <br />te 11 if the San Juan remains the forgotten ri ver bas i n with regard to the <br />endangered Colorado River fishes. <br /> <br />Coordination and Cooperation Between Agencies <br /> <br />Colorado River Fishes Recovery Team (CRFRT) <br />The ESA directed the Secretary of Interior to develop and implement <br />recovery plans for threatened and endangered species with the aid of <br />appropriate publiC and private agencies, institutions, and qualified <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />individuals. By this authority, USFWS invited various agencies interested in <br />management of the Colorado River fishes to participate on the CRFRT. Formed <br />i-n December 1975 as the Colorado Squawfish Recovery Team, the effort was <br />expanded in 1976 to include all threatened and endangered Colorado River <br />fishes in the upper basin (Miller 1982). The recovery team included <br /> <br />representatives from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New <br />Mexico, and Utah, USBR, USNPS, and USFWS. Team members have written recovery <br />