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~ woody ~ t ,} ~OhnSOfi Halvorson ~ _ - ~II~~~ll~f~l . C~ ~ ~ ll L, I~ I~ ll l~ 1~ ~ I~~ 1~ ~ C~ UU IFS .. _ DONALd A. SMITH 1596 West North Temple/Salt Lake City, Utah 8411fi/801.53 3~anchez L)ireetur I ~ _ Barg W.~ January 23 , 1978 ~ J~ b . ~ _acflcrn `~ Mr. W. O. Nelson, jr. Regional Director I~-c•.__~~~. U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service P. O . Box 1306 ~ ~ A ~ •~.~ Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 ~' ~• "~r ~ ~~ ~~ Dear Bill: Following are our comments on the Final Draft Woundfin Recovery Plan. p•. 2 , Para . 2 . We question the wisdom of reference to "proposed projects" on the river system in the recovery 1 plan lest the proponents feel the deck is already stacked ' against them. Recovery plans should deal with species status as it exists now. If-you agree, paragraph 3 is also unnecessary. p . 14 , para . 2 ahd 3 .. Should also be eliminated for reasons given above . p . 20 , Primary Goal . ,Since the woundfin is already established in the Virgin River, we recommend the wording B 2 be changed to comply with the narrative reasoning on p . 23 , para . 1 . "To restore the woundfin, to non-endangered. status by maintaining and enhancing the present population in the Virgin River and the establishment of at least two R ~ C E 1 V ~ 1~ additional self-sustaining -wild populations in their native us: v: ...2 ecosystems . " ~`~ 2`' ~7~ ~~` p. 21 , step 24. We feel that, if the woundfin as a species , need managing more than its habitat, then perhaps the c,r .~~~ B ~ species is destined to extinction. Emphasis here should be ors t~ ~ ~~I~~AL 4;,.,~~~;ng on habitat management . p . 23 , para . 1 . We are curious as to how the number. 100 , 000 was arrived at, and its true meaning . Is this a total for all populations, each, or what? Also, if there is a good rationale for this number, it should be explained here . p. 24,, step 111. The first two sentences are contradictory. ~ws REL ~ B g If more data are necessary on population fluctuations , etc . , is for t t d h fi ~ ~~~'~`° ence rs sen then population density referre to in t e i ~~pp~~ >' 27 n time . a point Y~ =~ GOVERNOR DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOUF3,C,E5 WILDLIFE BOARD ' Scoff M. tvlatheson Gordon E Harmston .iZ F:oy L: Young, Chairman Exe t;~rector Lewis C Smith Dr, Paul $tri ngham