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/ oeL lo.F.3 00J933 vCR.R.1 P / ;' '/ United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Mountain-Prairie Region IN REPLY REFER TO: MAILING ADDRESS: Post Office Box 25486 Denver Federal Center Denver. Colorado 80225-0486 ES/Colo. River/FY2001- End. Species Act--Section 7 Mail Stop 65115 STREET LOCATION: 134 Union Blvd, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1807 JUl 20 2001 RECEIVED ,JUL 2 5 2001 ,"'""v WaIf< Conservation BoaI1l Memorandum To: Implementation/Management Committee, Consultants, and Interested Parties From: Regional Director, Region 6 Subject: Sufficient Progress/Section 7 Consultations--Upper Colorado River Recovery Program In accordance with the Section 7, Sufficient Progress, and Historic Projects Agreement, the Fish and Wildlife Service recently reviewed the, Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program's 2000 and cumulative accomplishments. Per that Agreement, the Service used the following criteria to evaluate whether the Recovery Program is making "sufficient progress:" a. Actions which result in a measurable population response, a measurable improvement in habitat for the fishes, legal protection of flows needed for recovery, or a reduction in the threat of immediate extinction b. Status of the fish population c. Adequacy of flows d, Magnitude of the impact of projects A complete assessment of recent accomplishments under the Recovery Implementation Program Recovery Action Plan (RlPRAP) is contained in Attachment 1. Previous years' accomplishments are outlined in the RlPRAP itself. Status of the Species Significant changes in the status of the four species generally are not detected on a year-to-year basis. The table on the following page summarizes current status of the populations, This is your future. Don't leave it blank. - Support the 2000 Census.