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UJ24~6 (1) Only salmonids can be stocked by the State or private landowners within the 10-year floodplain of habitat designated as critical to the endangered fishes. (2) Chronic escapement of nonnative, warmwater fish species will be reduced in the critical habitat of the endangered fishes by reducing or eliminating the numbers of existing nonnative, warmwater fishes using chemical control in the 10-year floodplain. (3) Stocking of Largemouth bass, bluegill, and black crappie will be allowed in ponds within the 10- to 50-year floodplain. Such stocking would be preceded by concurrent progress described in Item (2) above, chemical reclamation of target waters, and installing fish screens or other fish control structures to eliminate, to the extent practical, escapement of nonnative fishes from pond~ connected to the river. (4) The total water surface area reclaimed in the 0- to 10-year floodplain must equal or exceed the total water surface area to be stocked with nonnative, warmwater fish in the 10- to 50-year floodplain. (5) A fish management outreach program will be explored and implemented with private landowners to ensure that stocking of nonsalmonid, nonnative fishes is compatible with the recovery of the endangered fishes. o~ to 10-year Floodplain Reclaim pond or Lake and stock with trout. 10- to 50-year Floodplain Reclaim pond or lake and stock with trout. Reclaim pond or lake, install fish control device in waters with a connection to upper basin rivers, and replace present fishes with largemouth bass, bluegill, and black crappie. (6) The Colorado Oivision of Wildlife will implement a program to monitor compliance with and enforce these conditions. (7) Ponds in the 0- to la-year floodplain will be ieclaimed in the event they become repopulated with nonnative, warmwater fish species through flooding or other means. Reclamation of connected ponds must occur in a timely manner after repopulation by nonnative, warmwater fishes. 3. Reservoirs that are above the 50-year floodplain but have a direct connection to rivers in the Upper Colorado River Basin (e.g., Elkhead Reservoir, Highline Reservoir, and others) will be equipped with a fish control structure or device before the continued stocking of nonnative, warmwater fish species will be allowed. V. STOCKING OF NONNATIVE FISHES THAT PRESENTLY OCCUR BUT ARE NOT MANAGED IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN+ Stocking of nonnative fishes that are not managed in the Upper Basin at the present time will require evaluation on a case-by-case basis to ensure that the proposed stocking of these fishes will not adversely affect the endangered fishes. 1. Requests to stock nonnative fish species that are not presently managed by stocking in the Upper Basin (Table 2) in locations or situations not listed in Table I will be evaluated on a case-by- case basis. 5