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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:[~nJe:cT: Review of Draft Woundfin Recovery Plan -._ `~~' I
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I have reviewed the subject draft recovery plan and offer ~~•~'~'~
the following comments:
1. Page 14, second paragraph, seconnd sentence; typo error,
s missing in spelling of system.
2. Page 15, last paragraph, second to last sentence; typo
error, mush should read much.
3. Page 23, first paragraph, second sentence; does the
~~ 100,000 fish figure refer to total estimated population
of Woundfin? or does it refer to adult fish only?
4. Page 26, first paragraph; a hydralic
such as the Virgin would only result
at that particular time, under those
certain type of habitat existed in a
2 The data gathered would have no long
of the rapid channel changes which o
river.
study of a river
in a finding that
conditions, a
specific locale.
term use because
ccur in the Virgin
S. Page 31, second paragraph, last ,sentence; recent investi-
gations of the Bill Williams River near Planet Ranch
cast serious doubt on the suitability of this area for
re-introduction of Woundfin.
6. Page 33, last paragraph, last sentence; filming cost of
~° ~ $10,000 for a 15-20 film may be very unrealistic.
The opportunity to review and co;~er~t on the subject draft
recovery plan is appreciated.
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