7781

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

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Albuquerque, ~ieM Mexico $'103 ~..._'.` `.7'.~. _~ ~ ~ nc~!o!d ---;
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Ala have ravlaMed the fia#ei +draft of the ilk-e;etdfin lbreawery Plar- antd have
the following cosaenta:
1 1. Page 6 - H'rese~t Distributia~n. Tt~a history of the prior tras-aplant
should be documented ire precisely. State exact location and number
of release sites, surveys and fish planted. State the reason the
transplants were unsuccessful.
2 2. Page 21, Nos. 145 and 146. We still agree with our memoranduart of
May 12, 1976, Subject: Determination of Critical Habitat -Woundfin.
In that memo we stated that based upon biological requirements of
the woundfin, we agree that the Virgin River within Arizona should
be designated as "critical habitat".
3 3. Page 24, No. 112 -Study Existing ~iabitat. No mention is made in
this section of the importance of riparian habitat. The biotic
parameters in the riparian Mona Mhich are conducive to good ~aound-
fin habitat should be discussed. A discussion should also be made
of how atreaabank c itiea buffer.cl~an~e agents.
4. Page 29, Irv. 144 - habitat Atariaaewent !'lans~. We rec nd that only
ens Habitat Managesst I'1at~ be devel~ad for the virgin River, even ,
4 trough part of this giver-'say be in t,~ree different states. The
rationale for this is that frost a priority end funding basis this
Mould assures t'het this to give~e higt>~r prioarit~- +eitr-ia tixe
Bursau. Hiataricatll~, Mitbi~a the 14 in Ariae~pa. bitat Menag nt
plena have east More than $3, 000 each, E~ecauea of Cr~e cvasplexity of
this HMP, we suggest that a closer estimate fflr thie~ HMP aeuld be
$11,000.
5. Page 31, Itemm 212 -Identify said Enhance Former Range. Gila ~tiver
near the mouth of San Francisco River -this number one priority
5 area for reintroducing the woundfin into its probable historical
range is on public land. As specified in Item 245 (Critical Habi- 5 ~G?.
tat) after establishment of Woundfin in the reintroduction area, RtCElv~-~
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