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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

PREFACE
This Recovery Plan was developed for the woundfin by the Woundfin
Recovery Team, an independent group of biologists operating under
the sponsorship of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The basis of this plan is the belief that state and federal agencies
charged with land and species management within the historic range
of the woundfin are interested in its preservation and recovery.
Using this basis, the Team has made management recommendations
for the species and its- habitat that take into consideration the
biological needs of the species.
The overall objective of this plan is to prevent the extinction of
the woundfin, and then to secure its survival. Achievement of this
objective involves providing a secure habitat for the species in the
only stream in which it now exists (Virgin River) and establishing a
self-sustaining population in one other stream. When both of these
goals are reached, the Team recommends the species be downlisted to
Threatened status. When the Virgin River population is secure and two
additional self-sustaining populations are established in other streams,
the Team recommends the woundfin be de-listed.
It is hoped this plan will be utilized by all agencies presently
working with the woundfin to coordinate management activities. As the
plan is implemented, it should be understood that revisions will likely
be necessary.- Plan implementation is the task of the managing agencies
(especially Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Arizona Game and Fish,
Nevada Fish and Game, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Bureau of
Reclamation, and U. S. Bureau of Land Management), while revisions will
be handled by the Recovery Team. Sound management of the resource and
close coordination among management agencies should result in a more stable
habitat for woundfin in the Virgin River and additional populations
established within the historic range.
This is the completed Woundfin Recovery Plan. It has been approved by
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It does not necessarily represent
official positions or approvals of cooperating agencies and it does not
necessarily represent the views of all Recovery Team members. This plan
is subject to modification as dictated by new findings, changes in species
status and completion of assigned tasks.
Literature citation should read as follows:
U. S. Fish .and Wildlife Service. 1979. Woundfin Recovery Plan.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 67 pp•
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