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<br />Table A 1. Continued. <br />Studies <br />Recovery Program <br />Hydrology Support <br />(project 19 Hydro) <br /> <br />Evaluation of larval <br />razorback suckers <br />stocked into floodplain <br />depressions of the <br />Middle Green <br />River (project Cap-6 <br />RZ) <br />Larval bony tail and <br />razorback sucker <br />survival in floodplain <br />habitats (project Cap-6 <br />bt/rz) <br /> <br />Cap-6 bt/rz (continued) <br /> <br />Larval razorback and <br />bony tail survival in <br />Baeser (project Cap-6 <br />r:zJbt ) <br /> <br />Study Goal and Objectives <br /> <br />Goal <br />To support, identify, evaluate and protection of instream flows to benefit Colorado River <br />endangered fish. <br />Obiectives <br />1. To negotiate contracts and leases of water for endangered fish. <br />2. To collect temperature and hydrological data in support of Recovery program research <br />priorities. <br />3. To provide water management services to the RecoveryProgram and Service to manage <br />water the Service has secured for endangered fish augmentation. <br />4. To provide staff support to the Recovery Program Directors Office on an as-needed basis in <br />the area of instream flow identification, delivery and protection. <br />Goal <br />Evaluate stocked larval razorback sucker survival and growth in floodplain environments with <br />abundant nonnative fish species. <br />Obiectives <br />1. Stock larval razorback suckers in selected floodplain depressions. <br />2. Determine growth and survival of larval razorback sucker stocked into seasonal floodplain <br />wetlands. <br />Goal <br />To increase survival and growth oflarval and juvenile razorback sucker and bonytail in off- <br />channel floodplain wetlands in the Green River using the reset concept to control nonnative <br />fish impacts. This scope of work expands the use of the 'reset' approach to a management <br />scale that examines those wetlands where razorback sucker and bonytaillarvae are most likely <br />to survive, and includes the newly acquired Thunder Ranch easement property. <br />Obiectives <br />1. Determine first year growth and survival of stocked razorback sucker and bonytaillarvae in <br />large floodplain wetlands of the middle Green River under the 'reset' and partial 'reset' <br />conditions. <br />2. Relate stocked razorback sucker and bonytail abundance to nonnative fish abundance and <br />composition, temperature, turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, depth, size of wetland, type and <br />vegetative cover. <br />3. Use larval survival and growth results to facilitate prioritizing wetland sites and <br />management actions to maximize razorback sucker and bonytail recruitment. <br />Goal <br />Provide an estimate of the density oflarval razorback sucker and bonytail necessary to survive <br />predation in a "reset" floodplain. Also, evaluate survival and growth of stocked larval <br />razorback sucker and bonytail in "reset" floodplain depressions of the middle Green River <br /> <br />Status <br />Ongoing <br /> <br />Completed <br /> <br />Completed <br /> <br />Completed <br /> <br />FY <br />1988 - TBD <br /> <br />1999 - 2001 <br /> <br />2003 - 2005 <br /> <br />2003 - 2005 <br /> <br /><:;') <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />::ti <br />V:l <br />'""3 <br />~ <br />"<: <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />;> <br />I <br />W <br /> <br />~ <br /><:J- <br />"'l <br />;: <br />~ <br /> <br />,w <br />w <br />o <br />o <br />'I <br />