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<br />Recovery Program overview <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program is an interagency partnership <br />aimed at recovering the endangered Colorado pikeminnow, humpback chub, bony tail and <br />razorback sucker while allowing for continued and future water development The program <br />was initiated in 1988, when a cooperative agreement was signed by the Governors of <br />Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; the Secretary of the Interior; and the Administrator of Western <br />Area Power Administration. <br /> <br />Program participants are the following diverse public and private interests: <br /> <br />. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />. Western Area Power Administration <br />. State of Colorado <br />. State of Utah <br />. State of Wyoming <br /> <br />. Colorado Water Congress <br />. Utah Water Users Association <br />. Wyoming Water Development Association <br />. The Nature Conservancy <br />. Environmental Defense Fund <br />. Colorado River Energy Distributors Assoc. <br /> <br />Recovery Program elements <br /> <br />The Recovery Program includes the following tlve elements as essential to recovery of the <br />endangered Colorado River basin fIsh. <br /> <br />. Habitat management includes identifying and acquiring in-stream flows, changing <br />operations of Federal dams, and operating other reservoirs in a coordinated manner to <br />benefIt endangered fIsh. <br /> <br />. Habitat development includes restoring floodplain/wetland habitats and constructing fIsh <br />passageways around dams and other barriers in the river. <br /> <br />. Native fish propagation and genetic management involves establishing facilities for <br />holding adult broodstock to prevent extinction of these rare fish and maintain their genetic <br />resources; developing grow-out ponds; conducting research to improve survival of <br />endangered fIsh raised in captivity and stocked in the wild; and supporting appropriate <br />stocking and reintroduction efforts. <br /> <br />. Non.native species and sport. fishing entails managing detrimental non-native fIsh <br />species in habitat considered "critical" to endangered fIsh. This also involves educating and <br />distributing information to anglers to reduce accidental taking of endangered fish. <br /> <br />. Research, monitoring and data management is aimed at gaining a better <br />understanding of what these fish need to survive, grow, and reproduce in the wild. It <br />includes compiling data on the numbers, sizes, and locations of endangered fish captured <br />during research studies; monitoring endangered fish population trends; and making <br />recommendations on river flows. <br /> <br />7 <br />