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<br />there. It's an extremely valuable fish. <br /> <br />Are there any questions I can answer? <br /> <br />MR. BURR: You answered mine, thank you. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Thank you very much. <br /> <br />MR. ADKINS: Where else do you find this Rio Grande Cutthroat? <br /> <br />MR. LANGLOIS: There are a few places in New Mexico where it's found. <br />But the purity of the population there in those locations-doesn't match <br />the purity of the Rio Grande that we find in Ricardo Creek. Therefore, <br />this is the.best re~resentative of the Rio Grande Cutthroat we have. <br />For that reason, it s the one we should be keeping. It's the one we <br />'should be using in our restoration programs. <br /> <br />MR. ADKINS: There are no Greenbacks there? <br /> <br />MR. LANGL0IS: It was originally thought'~thatt"these::trout;;}ID5ly::haYe;~])~en <br />derived from the Arkansas River and that they were Greenback trout. <br />There is no natural barrier to upstream migration ofoexotic trout. For <br />that reason we can't say that there are no other trout that have ever <br />been in the stream, but they are isolated. They are on private.property, <br />as you know, and there has been no stocking done there in recent times. <br />For that reason, we suspect that these are very pure Rio Grande Cut- <br />throat; The Greenbac~ does not occur there. <br /> <br />MR. BROWNELL: I would like to defer action on La Garita Creek. It's <br />my understanding that they have got an RC&D loan or appropriation to <br />make a small dam on that creek. And I would like this deferred until <br />that's done. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Could we say that it would be deferred until the next <br />meeting? <br /> <br />MR. BROWNELL: Yes, we can bring it up then and see how the dam has <br />progressed. Another year would probably be better. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I just think we owe it to the Division of Wildlife and <br />to ourselves to keep these things in front of us. Is there any objec- <br />tion to deferring La Garita Creek and Ricardo Creek until the next <br />meeting of the Board? <br /> <br />MR. LOWMAN: I am Eugene Lowman. I am.a senior water user out of La <br />Garita Creek. Why do they ask that this water continue to flow down <br />to Rio Grande Canal when it's only there in high water years? <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Well, may I suggest, we're going to defer La Garita <br />Creek until the next meeting. The Fish and Wildlife people are here <br />and I wish you would get together with them and get an answer. Is that <br />satisfactory to, you?: , <br /> <br />MR. LOWMAN: I imagine so. <br /> <br />~30- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />