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<br />OJD7J3 <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />PROTOTYPE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE BASIN AQUATIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT <br />GUIDE <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />As the sole state agency mandated to ". . Preserve, protect, and <br />enhance the wildlife resources of the state..." the Colorado <br />Division of wildlife has an integral and vested interest in the <br />aquatic resources of the South Platte River Basin. Within the <br />realm of societal changes that relate to man's interaction with the <br />environment, and the growing public acceptance of such concepts as <br />"Ecosystem Management" and "Biodiversity", the Division recognizes <br />that fishery and aquatic resource management has become a part of <br />a larger overall design of natural resource management in Colorado. <br /> <br />The South Platte Basin covers almost one-fourth of the state, and <br />is home to almost 70% of the states' population. There is every <br />aspect of agriculture, urbanization, and recreation found within <br />this part of the state. There is also growing recognition that <br />resource managers must act in concert with one another to achieve <br />the goals of maintaining and improving the natural resources within <br />the basin. This new understanding has manifested itself through <br />the movement to have "integrated watershed management" or <br />"ecosystem management" or just the understanding that there needs <br />to be "partnership" in dealing with the complex issues. <br /> <br />h <br />I: <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />r. <br /> <br />This lower South Platte River Aquatic Wildlife Management Guide is <br />intended then, to be a piece of the integrated management approach. <br />It is a vehicle that describes what the Division is thinking and <br />doing with those fishery resources we manage; and it communicates <br />those thoughts and actions to the other entities involved. <br /> <br />The intent is to.have this "piece" mesh with the other "pieces": <br />like water quality, water flows, reservoir management, pollution <br />control, urban drainage, wetlands, agriculture, grazing and <br />riparian zone management; to meet the goal of managing the South <br />Platte Basin natural resources for the common good. <br /> <br />, <br />l <br />. <br />I <br />t <br />! <br /> <br />3 <br />