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002681 " '!" ,.excluding the San Juan River Bas'in; that have been approved by the Service since the inception of the Recovery Program. ' Stocking of approved species into the following waters will be routine: Rio Blanco Reservoir. CO Purdy Mesa Reservoir. CO (formally Hollenbeck Reservoir) Mack Mesa Reservoi r. CO ' Chipeta Lake. CO ,Crawford Reservoir. CO McPhee Reservoir. CO Harvey Gap Reservoir, CO (2) Routine stocking will occur in Corn Lake. the upper Connected Lakes. and Duke Lake once these waters have: 1) berming to FEMA specifications to functionally remove them from the 50-year floodplain; 2) the outlets screened: 3) Lake Management Plans prepared or revised: and 4) approval of the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Service. These waters -, provide important recreational fishing opportunities for kids and others through programs such as Pathways to Fishing. (3) Lake management plans and stocking proposals. that have been previously approved or are evaluated and accepted under these Procedures. may be reviewed at any time by mutual agreement of the Service and the State wildlife agency to insure compatibility with recovery objectives. Approved Lake Management Plans and stocking proposals will be reviewed every five years (see Section X). (4) Any party may petition the appropriate State wildlife agency to review an approved Lake Management Plan or stocking proposal based on new information that was not previously considered in the development or evaluation of the proposal. 3. Isolated public and isolated private waters, having no connection to the river. that are above the 50-year floodplain can be routinely stocked with largemouth bass. black crappie. bluegill. mosquitofish. and triploid grass carp. Mosauitofish: Routine stocking of mosquitofish is restricted to isolated ponds and reservoirs outside the 50-year floodplain because they are aggressive omnivores that have been associated with negative impacts on native fish species in the American 'Southwest. Mosquitofish are currently common (as a result of stocking) in habitats used as nursery areas by endangered Colorado River fish. 4. Isolated public and isolated private waters. having no connection to the river. that are above the 6500-foot msl (Appendix D) and above the 100-year floodplain can be routinely stocked with fathead 7 .... d,,_,"