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Yampa River Trip <br />40 <br />Sponsored by: <br />Yampa River Basin Partnership <br />and the <br />Upper Colorado River Endangered Fishes Recovery Program <br />Purpose Educate parties involved with or affected by the Yampa River Basin <br />Endangered Fishes Recovery and Water Management Plan about the <br />importance of the Yampa River to the endangered fishes and <br />residents of the Yampa Valley, including the culture, customs, and <br />economy of the valley. <br />Trip Coordinator Canyonlands Field Institute, Moab, Utah (John Oris) in <br />association with a planning group made up of John Hamill, <br />Dan Birch Ray Tenney, Jamie Williams, and Robert Wigington. <br />Rough Agenda <br />June 25 <br />-BBQ at Deerlodge Parks (evening) <br />June 26 <br />- launch <br />June 27 <br />-on river <br />June 28 <br />-take out (early afternoon) <br />Presentations <br />Yampa Plan Overview (Hamill) <br />Biological importance of the Yampa River (Tom Nesler, CDOW) <br />- endangered fish use of the Yampa <br />- importance of Yampa to the endangered fishes <br />-fish flow recommendations <br />- passage issues <br />Biological Studies (Modde /Andersen) <br />_purpose of studies <br />-field activities and demonstration. <br />Importance of the River to people in the Yampa Valley (Dickinson) <br />- history <br />- culture and customs <br />- economy <br />- nonnative fish resources and issues <br />Group Discussion last evening (Beall) <br />