9705

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9705
• Author: Green River Study Plan ad hoc Committee.
• Title: Study plan for the implementation and evaluation of flow and temperature recommendations for endangered fishes in the Green River downstream of Flaming Gorge Dam.
• USFW Year: 2007.
• USFW - Doc Type: Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program
• Copyright Material: NO

Table AI. Continued. ~
Studies Study Goal and Objectives Status FY ~
Lower Yampa Goal Ongoing 200 I - 2007 ~
smallmouth bass and The goal is to sufficiently reduce the abundance of smallmouth bass and channel catfish such (synthesis ii1
channel catfish control that predatory and competitive impacts on growth, recruitment, and survival of resident report) ~
(project 110) humpback chub and Colorado pikeminnow are minimized. V:l
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Obiectives 8
1. Reduce the abundance of smallmouth bass and channel catfish in Yampa Canyon by capture "-::
and removal (lethal). ~
2. Compare the catch rates of smallmouth bass and channel catfish to determine the efficacy of
removal efforts.
Middle Yampa northern Goal Ongoing 2005 - 2007
pike and smallmouth 1) To reduce the number of northern pike occupying 47.3 river miles of critical habitat within (synthesis
bass removal (Project the Yampa River downstream of Craig, Colorado (RM 134.2 - RM 60.6), thereby benefiting report)
98a) native fishes of the Yampa River Basin, as well as native fish communities downstream within
the Green River Basin.
2) To transport live northern pike collected from the study reach for release in Loudy Simpson
ponds (Craig) and Rio Blanco Lake (White River Basin,. near Meeker, Colorado), thereby
increasing angler opportunities to harvest northern pike. . :>
3) To reduce the number of smallmouth bass occupying 10.2 river miles of critical habitat I
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within the Yampa River downstream of Craig, Colorado (RM 134.2 - RM 124), thereby
benefiting native fishes of the Yampa River Basin, as well as native fish communities
downstream within the Green River Basin.
4) To transport live smallmouth bass (>10" in totallength) collected from the study reach for
release in City of Craig municipal pond, thereby increasing angler opportunities to harvest
smallmouth bass.
Obiectives
1) To remove and translocate as many northern pike as possible within the study area via three
or more removal passes.
2) To estimate the number of northern pike occupying the study area by generating a
population estimate for northern pike utilizing a mark/recapture methodology (1 marking pass,
3 removal passes), or regression analysis (4 removal passes).
3) To calculate the proportion of the estimated northern pike population that was removed.
4) To remove and translocate as many smallmouth bass as possible within the study reach via a ~
minimum of four removal passes.
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Upper Yampa northern Goal Ongoing 2001 - 2007 ...,
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pike removal (Project Improve survival of endangered fish in the Yampa and Green Rivers. (synthesis l::l
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98b) Obiectives report) ,I>.>
1) Reduce numbers of adult northern pike in the study reach. I>.>
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