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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7797
• Author: Collins, K.
• Title: Conceptual Management Plan for Razorback Sucker Habitat Enhancement in Flooded Bottomlands Scott M. Matheson Wetland Preserve Moab, Utah.
• USFW Year: 1994.
• Copyright Material: NO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction
' A. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
B. Potential Significance of Matheson Preserve for
' Razorback Sucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C. Goals . . 1
4
D. Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
' II. Site Description
A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Land Use . 7
' 2. Vegetation. 9
3. Soils and Geology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
B. Land Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C. Water Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
1. Hydrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
2. Water Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
' 3. Water Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
4. Wetland Management. .19
D. Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
1. Invertebrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
1 2. Fish. .22
3. Amphibians and Reptiles . . . . . . . . . . . .23
4. Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
' 5. Mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6. Endangered Species. . . . . . . . . . . . .24
' III. Conceptual Ecological Model
A. Description of Flooded Bottomlands Relations
' to Riverine Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Ecological Requirements by Life Stage . .25
of the Razorback Sucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
' IV. Proposed Development
A. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
B. Support Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
' C. Impacts .31
D. Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

' E. Schedule. .31
V. Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
' VI. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
VII. Literature Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
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