8012

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8012
• Author: Grand Canyon Trust.
• Title: Colorado River Workshop, issues, ideas, and directions ‎(February 26-28, 1996 Phoenix, Arizona)‎ An open forum for discussion of management issues between managers, water users, and stakeholders of the Colorado River basin.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: 1996.
• Copyright Material: NO

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ENDANGERED SPECIES

NATIVE FISH RECOVERY EFFORTS

SESSION NOTES

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MONDAY 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Question
Federal laws and policies demand aggressive protection efforts when species are listed under the
Endangered Species Act. Assuming our national goals is recovery of all listed species to the point
that they can be removed from designation, what actions will now prove most productive in the
Colorado River Basin? The purpose of the discussion is to identify:

Process
1. What's working
2. What's not working
3. What we can do better in the Colorado River basin

I. list of what's working
... Greater knowledge about species
... Recognition of the problem
... Greater knowledge about
economic implications
... Adaptive management as a concept
... Stakeholders' process happening
... Changes in dam operations
(Flaming Gorge) (Relates to #1)

Comments

GROUP 1 - Pam Hait

... More money available
... More knowledge re: impacts
caused by non-native fish
... More knowledge about humans,
other related species.

2. list of what's not working
... More knowledge re: impacts
caused by non-native fish.

... Funding not secure
... Population of fish not secure in
most areas
... Still a debate on value of recovery
... Increasing polarization and
politicization
... Lack of information on cost
... No clearly defined recovery goals
... No clearly defined recovery areas

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