7637

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7637
• Author: McAda, C. W.
• Title: IRP Strategy for Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1980.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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COOT/CARP data have been provided by Service personnel through a series
of COOT/CARP workshops conducted at Area and Regional offices during FY 81.
This data is presently incomplete and in need of fine lining, but it is the
most current and comprehensive presently available. The COOT/CARP approach
to data management is the only system that attempts to address all resources
and development actions in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
COOT/CARP reference numbers are provided along with descriptive titles of
resources and actions to allow easy cross reference to individual COOT and
CARP forms available in the Regional Office.
Upper Colorado River Basin Resources and Actions
A comprehensive list of all resources and actions identified through the
COOT/CARP process for the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming are provided
in Appendix A. Some 32 resources are listed for Colorado, 36 for Utah and
38 for Wyoming. Twenty-five actions axe identified for Colorado and 23 and
17 for the states of Utah and Wyoming, respectively. Corresponding COOT/CARP
reference numbers are provided for each resource or action.
In an attempt to define the most important resources and actions among the
lists, definitions of Type One Resources, Type Two Resources,
and Type One Actions were developed using the urgency evaluation questions on
individual CARP forms. These categories take into account the vulnerability
of resources and projected rates of their decline.
hefinitions for these terms are as follows:
Type One Resource--a resource expected to show a decline greater than 80 percent
within the next 10 years.
Type Two Resource--a resource expected to show a 20-80 percent d.Eclip_e wit1dr...
the next 10 years.
Type One Action--a development action which is either at its peak now or will
reach it ring the next S years.
By using these definitions jointly which set limits on the decline of a resource
and consider the imminence of a development action, the inf-6-mat.irm, y-rovidEd by
Service personnel on the CARP forms were surveyed to determine Type One and Two
Resources and Type One Actions for the states.
Tables 1 through 6 lists Type One and Type Two Resources and Type One Actions
for the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyomxrg. Resources Pro gxcupeO using
mammals, birds, fish, important habitats and plant categories. Actions are
divided for easy recognition between direct energy-related actions and non-energy
related actions. All direct energy actions, except for geothermal development
listed for Wyoming C"ab7 e 6), are Type One Actions.
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