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<br />002751 <br /> <br />Propagation Facilities Management and Development <br /> <br />The first management plan concerning propagation was produced in 1988 and approved by the <br />Recovery Implementation Committee. This plan provided several strategies for the systematic <br />development of the initial three years of the propagation program. Further propagation guidance was <br />provided in 1994 in the "Coordinated Hatchery Facility Plan: Need for Captive-Reared Endangered <br />Fish and Propagation Facilities". This plan serves as a reference document to guide the propagation <br />of the four endangered Colorado River fishes including guidelines for stocking and the disposition <br />of excess captive-reared endangered fishes. As of 1994, the existing hatchery facilities were not <br />sufficient to develop and maintain endangered fish for broodstock development. The deficit between <br />the available pond space and the amount required to meet immediate and short-tenn propagation <br />needs was around 20 acres. Although the Recovery Program has constructed additional facilities, <br />a deficit condition still exists. The available pond space, including facilities planned for construction <br />through 1997, totals 19.05 acres, not including a 5 acre pond at Horsethief A deficit condition still <br />exists among the available propagation facilities to develop brood stock. This deficit does not include <br />the need for captive-reared fish for proposed augmentation or restoration stocking. <br /> <br />FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT: The Recovery Program has constructed additional propagation <br />facilities at Ouray Endangered Fish Culture Experiment Station in Utah, Horsethief State Wildlife <br />Area/Grand Valley Endangered Fish Facility in Colorado, and Wahweap State Fish Hatchery in Utah <br />to support research, development of brood stock, and experimental stocking efforts. <br /> <br />Ouray Endangered Fish Culture Experiment Station: Ouray Endangered Fish Culture Experiment <br />Station (EFCES) is and experimental, endangered fish culture facility operated by the U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Service on the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Utah. The facility is on the <br />Green River about 25 miles west of Vernal, Utah. Facilities at Ouray were constructed to meet an <br />immediate need to improve the critical status of the razorback sucker in the Green and Yampa River <br />systems. Ouray remains first and foremost a primary refuge and brood stock development center for <br />razorback sucker from the Green River subbasin. Facilities at Ouray, including those planned for <br />construction during FY 1997, total 39 ponds covering 11.4 acres and 7 wells with a total capacity <br />of 81 0 gpm. The expenditures by the Recovery Program for construction and research facilities at <br />Ouray through FY 1997 total approximately $6,850,000. <br /> <br />Horsethief State Wildlife Area/Grand Valley Endangered Fish Facility: Horsethief State Wildlife <br />Area (SWA) and the Grand Valley Endangered Fish Facility are located on the upper mainstem <br />Colorado River about 10 miles west of Grand Junction, Colorado in the Grand Valley area. Grand <br />Valley Endangered Fish Facility and Horsethief SW A remain the primary refuge for Upper Colorado <br />River subbasin razorback sucker and the backup refuge for Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, and <br />bonytail chub. Facilities at Horsethief, including those planned for construction during FY 1997, total <br />6 ponds covering 3.5 acres and a 5 acre growout pond. The expenditures by the Recovery Program <br />for construction and research facilities at Horsethief SW A through FY 1997 total approximately <br />$1,050,000. <br /> <br />Wahweap State Fish Hatchery: The Wahweap State Fish Hatchery (SFH) is located in an arroyo <br />tributary to Lake Powell near Big Water, Utah. The original mission of the hatchery was to rear sport <br /> <br />VII <br />