7781

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

The plans should be detailed enough to recommend specific manage-
ment practices to the agency involved. Preparation of the plans
should begin as soon as potential transplant sites are approved
and should be finished prior to actual transplanting of the fish.
Initially, the Team recommends plans be developed for the two
sites suggested in 2.11 (upper Gila and upper Verde rivers). Costs
are estimated at $5,000 per plan. -The Team recommends the U. S.
Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management be the lead agencies
in drafting these plans.
(2.2) Collect and transplant into former habitat.
As soon as suitable habitat has been selected, habitat management
plans written and enhancement features added if necessary, woundfin
can be transplanted. State agencies should plan on leading the
transplant operation by providing fish transport trucks and
adequate personnel. Woundfin have been transported before and
offer no special problems. Woundfin for the transplant should
be gathered in the early spring (March-April), prior to initiation
of spawning. This time period is also before the irrigation
season, and fish commonly congregate below the irrigation diversions
for the Washington-St. George Canal Company (Utah) and the Mesquite
irrigation diversion (Nevada). The Team recommends transplant
stock be taken from these congregations as most of these woundfin
will be stranded and die if left in place during the course of
the year as irrigation practices divert all of the water from
the river channel at these localities. A suggested amount of
$1000 should be allotted for each transplant attempt.
(2.3) Monitor transplanted populations.
After the fish have been transplanted, each population should be
monitored in order to determine their success. Monitoring proce-
dures are discussed in (1.1) and the Appendix. The Team recommends
this monitoring schedule be continued until the species is delisted
and suggests the individual states assume the monitoring responsibility.
The cost will be approximately $3,500 per year per locality.
(2.4) Manage all restored woundfin habitat and populations (2.41-2.43).
See discussion under 1.3 through 1.33.
(3.0) Information and education.
To inform the public of the recovery effort and
oration about the woundfin, the Team recommends
on information and education material.
to give them infor-
that funds be expended
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