9717

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9717
• Author: Native Aquatic Species Program.
• Title: Conservation and management plan for three fish species in Utah
• USFW Year: 2006.
• USFW - Doc Type: addressing needs for roundtail chub ‎(Gila robusta)‎, bluehead sucker ‎(Catostomus discobolus)‎, and flannelmouth sucker ‎(Catostomus latipinnis)‎.
• Copyright Material: NO

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be found in the Annual Priorities document, will be finalized by December 2006 for
incorporation into the prioritization process at the 2007 annual meeting. This list will be
updated and referred to each year for identification of three species projects that year. Each
management unit will have a separate time line for implementation of conservation activities
within the unit. The document will be reviewed and updated as new information is gathered.

· 2008 - 2012: Establish and enhance additional populations, where appropriate and as
needed (no net loss). If sufficient population numbers do not exist to meet objectives for a
given management unit, we will establish new populations and expand existing populations
in those areas as needed. If a population is lost in one area of the management unit and we are
unable to minimize threats in that same location at that time, the Team can choose to restore
the species to another location within the management unit to fulfill the success criteria.

· 2008 - inde[mite: Create self-sustaining populations. Efforts that prevent the loss of or
establish new populations will continue through implementation of activities that ensure the
persistence of these populations. The goal of all conservation activities is to create and/or
maintain three species populations such that all existing populations are self-sustaining and
not in need of augmentation. Where required, this includes maintenance or re-establishment
of connectivity necessary to maintain metapopulations as called for under Objective 3 of the
Agreement ("establish and/or maintain sufficient connectivity between populations so that
viable metapopulations are established and/or maintained").

· Ongoing: Pursue ways to reduce threats that emphasize voluntary participation of
stakeholders. We will work with local communities to build an atmosphere of trust in order
to work towards common goals that will also benefit the three species. Working to elicit
voluntary participation oflocal governments and stakeholders to improve habitat for the three
species should provide the most effective, long-term assurance that threats facing that
population are reduced or eliminated.

Evaluating success
The Team will evaluate success of the project at the five-year and ten-year marks (2009 and 2014).
Determination of success will be dependent upon whether or not the appropriate number of
populations have been established and stabilized in each 4-digit HUe, not based upon whether or not
all potential projects have been completed. In fact, cooperators do not intend to complete each of the
projects listed in the Annual Priorities to be able to consider the effort a success.