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<br />year (November.!June) and downstream 10 canyonla.n,9s Nali.9!!-~I...Partw~LI1~
<br />addressed bv Ulatj following issuance of the ",v,~ed final Environmentallmoacl
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<br />Statement and biological opinion ~ on reoperation of Flaming Gorge Dam
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<br />Other Green River actiVIties will involve restorallon of bollomlands adjacent to the
<br />Green ~Ivel which (hal flood In the spring and provide important habitat for razorback
<br />suc~ers and Colorado pl~eminnow OId-€h-l!rtt1'HVtl3~tn-e-.E:h:My-N1l'I1(ml!rwildlTfe
<br />Refug~neffl'-euray:-Ul!lIr,h-lt"beert-1'e'IOr~ d, .<13 "~,.II.,, 3 ,~rv~ Sdu 3 _orr6!:.-tt mne~8rl:9~
<br />th1'et'"-lldettlOM~'t/!! orr tMe-9urtrv--Re-flJQe; Four sites {lncludinQ Old Charlie Wash} on
<br />the Ouray National Wildlife Refuoe near Ouray. Utah. and five sites on Bureau of Land
<br />Manaotlment lands have been. restored. Perpetual easements_have,been_acquired on
<br />five properties (545 acres).
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<br />Proiee'iS to identify nonn3tivefish control stratecles for the midale 'Green RiveTtiave
<br />been implemented. Active conlrol of northern pike.(Esox lucius) began,in 20011
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<br />Refuge (captive) populations of razorback suckers collected from the Green River are
<br />beinQ dfo\-~lor;ed-f\'1'!d maintained at the E-nd1'ln('!~l't-Halcrr~'T !It-Oul1tV';""Ut\'l11
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<br />Dura',' National Fish Hatchery. Ourav. Utah. With backup broodstock being mainlained
<br />alWahweap State.Fish halchery, Big Waler,Ulah, A plan lor augmenting razorback
<br />sucker in the Green River uSinQ hatchery propaQated fish was developed and is
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<br />currently belnQ Implemented Slocktno of bonvlail in lodore Canyon was initiatod In
<br />2000 in accordance .with -i slockino olan developed by the State of Colorado. The
<br />State Of Utah stockinQ olan requires the stockino olbgnylall a_nd razorbacksucker'rri
<br />the Green River near Jensen ,and Green River, Ulah:
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<br />Popula'tion estima!e;rt5':o~ liii05"1 forCoio~do oreminnow mlfieentlre Green Ri,,7ir
<br />subbasin and for,humpback l;:hub in.,Desolation l!Qd_G.ray .canY_o.ns~ -
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<br />Contamination of water In Stewart lake and Ashley Creek near Jensen~.ta,~wltl:l..~h~
<br />hl!::lhv-met~ selenlum--n~3I:.tl!::l'Ildent,f,"'d a! It ~!'T;eef Imo~ct to--the may adversely
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<br />affect razorback sucker. The rntt---rmd-w.tdhte Service, the U.S. EnVironmental
<br />Protection Agency, and t~ l:rS~ Bureau of Reclamation (Reclai-rniiion) are actively
<br />pursuIng clean-up activllies in lhese areas independent of the Recovery Program.
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<br />3,2 YAMPA RIVER AND LITILE SNAKE RIVER
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<br />32,1 Imoortance
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<br />f~-'Ntmpll'-R"llr. a-tnbutl'lry-to-t~-6rc.." RI'Ve1';""~~tl'lt-foMtte-m-ttmlenltnee'tlnd
<br />reeovery'()f Ih-e-r; ndd n\1erl"d----ii'!hes-m--the 6reen-R....er--b1t~lI'I:---"-'fhe r"I"Itvetyttrt8tter~
<br />tIov/,-of-lhe--Yltn,i'-" RiveH'lre-f",~......n5~-fOT p,o.ld" '9'tH'tltlur~llpe to--1~
<br />hydrogrltp-h--of--the-6reen-.Rive1'- eelett-rlt!~'t)I'ltduIt~"~olo'ddo
<br />pil!emin~=py-ff'le,,,._, I ,,,<!lM'O\md-f1,(, i'1igh "h"",--eompllredwtln--other
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