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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7781
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Recovery Plan for WOUNDFIN,
• USFW Year: 1979.
• Copyright Material: NO

1.4 Enhance marginal habitat in present range.
1.41 Identify marginal habitat.
1.42 Identify needed habitat enhancement features.
1.43 Implement enhancement.
2.0 Restore and manage populations of woundfin in suitable areas of
former range.
2.1 Select suitable habitat in former range.
2.11 Identify and enhance habitat in transplant sites.
2.12 Develop habitat management plans for transplant sites.
2.2 Collect and transplant woundfin into suitable areas in former
range.
2.3 Monitor transplanted fish and habitat.
2.4 Manage all restored woundfin habitat to assure self-sustaining
populations.
2.41 Maximize public ownership of land.
2.42 Enter into cooperative agreements with private land owners.
2.43 Review and comment on all projects which might impinge on
woundfin and woundfin habitat.
3.0 Establish an information and education program.
3.1 Produce an information pamphlet on the Virgin River fishes.
3.2 Produce a short movie on the Virgin River ecosystem with
emphasis on the native fish.-
4.0 Enforce all federal and state laws protecting the populations and
habitats. of woundfin.
4.1 Inform the necessary agencies of the status of the woundfin
and recovery effort.
4.2 Confer with agencies with proposed projects regarding the
status of the woundfin and its habitat.
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