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<br /> <br />UOJ97J <br /> <br />educate target audiences (includmg the public and elected officials) about endangered <br />fish and to increase their understanding of and support for the recovery of these fish..t <br />local, state and national levels: to provide opportunities for the public to participate m <br />activities that support recovery: and to improve communication and cooperation among <br />members of the Recovery Program <br /> <br />Numerous s,te-speCific activihes are undertaken to promote understandingof,and <br />support for, Recovery Program achons and to Involve the public in deciSions which may <br />impact specific locations in the Upper Basin, These include public meellngs, <br />presentations, exhibits and distrillutoon 01 Rec'overy Program publications, <br /> <br />The Information ilnd educallon program continues to develop a number of products <br />including a newsletterJ.rwo _to)~~ee times per year): up-to-date fact sheets: educational <br />vldeo(s); edueationttllnterpretlve signs and displays: bookmarks: Congressional brrefmg <br />documents, and a public webSlte. In addition, the Recovery Program actIVely seeks <br />news media coverage of Its actlvifles Special educational pUblications are produced as <br />needed, <br /> <br />2.7 VII. PROVIDE PROGRAM PLANNING AND SUPPORT <br /> <br />ThiS work also IS placed entirely under the General Recovery Program Support Action <br />Plan, Recovery Program planning and support Includes planning and tracking recovery <br />actIVIties, participation in Recovery Program commillees, and managing, d,rectmg, and <br />coord<natlng the overall Recovery Program Another important program support actiVity <br />involves securing the funding necessary 10 Implementlhe Recovery Program_ <br /> <br />3,0 DISCUSSION OF SUBBASIN RECOVERY PRIORITIES <br /> <br />FollOWing is a summary 01 the Importance of the various subbas,ns In the Upper <br />Colorado River BaSin to the end..ngered fishes and a brief diSCUSSion of the major <br />actions dlrecfed at recovering the endangered fishes in these subbasins. A more <br />deta,ledaccounlingoftheactlvilies, including fundmg requirements and schedules is <br />found inSecllons4,QandS,Q <br /> <br />3 1 GREEN RIVEf3 <br /> <br />3,1 1 lIDoortJnce <br /> <br />Th:'Green River s~tem su~rts ooDUiatlo~i tiumobaCk chub. Col!r"aoQ <br />pikeminnow, and razorbac~ sUvker;'-and il.histOrically sUPported t>Onytaie The <br />Importance of the Green River to the endangered fishes has been established by the <br />Recovery Program and recognized by many biologistS, fhe-Gr~-Rnter~lSted--rt!l <br />the n.gh~pr;o, ,11 rtrettfot' ,e(.u,ery-of-€-o+m>'ldQ-."lo:erl"mnoo....--m--tn,_ Col6r/lOO ~~rsh <br />.. -'".-- ...-...."._.~....-. ..~ <br />fP!kem'rml)W!-Reemter-. ~I/Jn ,(u::;r_w~_+r The Colorado Soua\\rfish rPikemmnow) <br />RElcoverv Plan (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1991} listed the Green River as the <br />highest priority area forJec_overy of the species, and th~.draltJ.ecovery,goals(u,s:fJSti <br /> <br />11 <br />