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<br />O~2Q26 <br /> <br />This Recovery Plan for the greenback cutthroat trout (greenback) was developed <br />by the Greenback CUtthroat Trout Recovery Team, an interagency group of <br />scientists operating under the sponsorship of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife <br />Service. <br /> <br />The original Greenback Recovery Plan was written in 1978, revised in 1983 and <br />is superseded by this Plan. This latest editicn contains updated information <br />and reccvery objectives completed by researchers since 1973. <br /> <br />The Plan is organized into four sections. <br /> <br />I. Introduction - Historic distribution, type specimens, taxonomy, <br />current distribution, reasons for decline, habitat requirements, <br />reproduction, food and feeding, size and growth, disease and <br />parasites, seneitivity to Ph, heavy metale, management practices, <br />fish culture, stocking and angling. <br /> <br />II. Recoverv - Recovery objectives, and tasks considered vital to the <br />successful recovery of the greenback. <br /> <br />III. Imolementation Schedule - An itinerary of scheduled recovery tasks <br />assigning agency responsibility and estimated costs. <br /> <br />IV. Pieures. Tables and Aooendices <br /> <br />We sincerely hcpe that this document will be used by agencies involved with <br />greenback cutthroat trout management to coordinate their efforts to most <br />effectively work toward our common goal. <br /> <br />Revisions of this Plan will occur as often as is feasible and appropriate. <br /> <br />iv <br />