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<br />- <br /> <br />nOil375 <br /> <br />with 5.000 risK acc1imaled anii then re'ieased- in lneEChO p'_ark area olthii.Yampa.B!V\1r; <br />another 5.000 fish were_stocked in 2001 <br /> <br />3,3 QJ.LCHESNE RIVER <br /> <br />3 3,1 ImPOr19~ <br /> <br />Colorado pikemmnow and razorback suckers-- regularly utilize the mouth of the <br />Duchesne River especially during spring runoff FIshery surveys conducted in 1993 <br />documented the use of the lower 15 miles 01 the Duchesne River by Colorado <br />~..,,,,. '.CO <br />plkemil'lnow and razorback sucker, More recently, fish surveys have beeJ) conducted in <br />the lower 33 miles of the Duchesne RIver bet..-reen--~~VO'll'ld-Oclobe! -of.i99-hnd-t9ge <br />~lteOm-lheeffpture-of-2-3 and have documented seasonal_use by Colorado <br />pikemlnnowand 3 ralorback Sucker <br /> <br />3,3,2 Recoverv ACllQn} <br /> <br />Initial now recommendations were developed for lhe Duchesne River in 1995 10 <br />address Immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being conSidered in <br />Ihe Duchesne River basm, A follow.up study to evaluate and reline these now <br />recommendations began in 1997 and Will be completed in 2002_ A water-avaIlability <br />study was completed whICh that identIfied sources of water to meetlhe now <br />recommendations The Duchosne Biological Opinion was issued In 1998. A <br />COOrdinated res(!rvoi~ opera lions sludy 1'tIt~ been-mrtil'led f(nearirig~mpieticm. and'aii <br />operalions model is now availabre Agreements WIll be developed to provide flows in <br />the Duchesne R,ver lor the endangered fishes <br /> <br />3 4 ~HITE RIVER <br /> <br />3,4,1ImQQ[1,J~ <br /> <br />. - -,.- <br />Adult Colorado pikeminnow occuPY the While River be+ow dowflstrealTLof Taylor Draw <br />Dam near RangelV.1..COi9q;do. In relatively hIgh numbers Adult Colorado pikemlOnow <br />wnn::h-~m resident to the White River spawn In the Green and Yampa rivers <br />Juvenile and subadult Colorado pikeminnow also utilize the White RIver on a year- <br />round basis Incidental captures of razorback sucker have been recorded In the lower <br />White RIVer. Construction of Taylor Draw Dam In 1984 blOCked Colorado plkeminnow <br />migralion to the upper portIons of the While River, <br /> <br />3.4.2 RecovervActlons <br /> <br />A work plan for the White River was developed to synthesize current Information about <br />the endangered fish and provide reCOmmendahons for speCIfic recovery acllons. <br />including the ments of providing fish passage at Taylor Draw Dam. Interim fiow <br />recommendations 1'lre-~tl'cculeJ 100be---d~~ for the White River wIiLb~.i'Iv.M1at5le in <br />2002 by-jun<!, 2000. Instream-Ilow filings are on hold pending reevaluation of how <br />Ilows WIll be legally protected in Colorado_ <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />