9716

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9716
• Author: Stone, D., and P. Sponholtz.
• Title: Translocation of young-of-year humpback chub above Chute Falls in the Little Colorado River, AZ, 2003 Interim Report.
• USFW Year: 2003.
• USFW - Doc Type: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Copyright Material: NO

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Figure 1. Map of the Little Colorado River. Numbers represent river kilometers (RKM)
from the confluence. Humpback chub (50-100 mm TL) were captured between 1.80 and
2.65 RKM and translocated to 16.2 RKM. Humpback chub have never been captured
above Chute Falls (14.2 RKM) during historical surveys. Blue Springs is the initial
source of perennial flows in the lower Little Colorado River.
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