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<br />for cataloging and initial maintenance of those collections at about $2 <br />per lot (Snyder 1996); subsequent on-going maintenance and management <br />costs per lot are minimal. To accommodate our ever-growing OCRB <br />collections, we will be significantly expanding collection shelving in <br />FY-98. We will also upgrade existing collection storage by bracing and <br />securing shelving to walls, reinforcing the front edge or underside of <br />wooden shelves, and acquiring sturdy shelf trays for our larger <br />specimens containers. The expansion and improvement of collection <br />storage facilities was originally planned for FY-97, but precluded <br />along with much planned work on backlog collections by allocation of <br />far less FY-97 funds than originally proposed. In what remains of FY-97 <br />we do expect to upgrade to a new Window's version of our collection <br />management and cataloging program, MUSE. This upgrade will provide <br />greater flexibility in custom adaptations, uploading data, and <br />searching and reporting catalog data. Finally, we continue to pursue <br />arrangements to help ensure collection permanency. The end product of <br />this portion of our on-going laboratory services project will be a <br />fully cataloged, well-documented, and well-curated collection that can <br />continue to be maintained as voucher for RIP investigations (and <br />databases) and as a long-term, pUblic resource for research, reference, <br />and education. <br /> <br />V. Study Area: <br /> <br />RIP researchers with federal, state, and/or private agencies submit <br />collections from upper basin rivers to LFL for identification, <br />processing, and storage/curation. <br /> <br />VI. Study Methods/Approach: <br /> <br />LFL personnel provide sorting, identification, and curatorial services <br />for collections of larval, juvenile, and adult fish. Sorting includes <br />removal of fish from debris and other organisms. Identification of <br />native and nonnative species is based mostly on taxonomic keys and <br />criteria developed by LFL personnel. Specimens counts, measurements, <br />and other data are recorded as required by the responsible agencies or <br />researchers. Data are entered in dBase files and results are <br />summarized in printed data.reports for the collecting or responsible <br />agencies or researchers. Methods for cataloging and long-term <br />storage/curation of all UCRB specimens are outlined in our draft <br />"Larval Fish Laboratory Collection Policies and Procedures Manual" <br />(copy appended to Snyder 1996). Backlog collections will be properly <br />cataloged, rebottled if necessary, fully labeled, and reorganized on <br />storage shelving for ready access and on-going maintenance. Collection <br />storage facilities will be expanded and upgraded. LFL's computer <br />collection management and cataloguing program will be upgraded. LFL <br />will continue to seek arrangements to help ensure the permanency of its <br />collection holdings. <br /> <br />VII. <br /> <br />Task Description and Schedule: <br /> <br />The primary work to be performed under this agreement in FY-98 includes <br />sorting, identification (and/or verification), and cataloging and <br />curation of an estimated 83 larval and juvenile fish seine collections <br />to be preserved as part of the fall ISMp in 1997 by the states of <br />Colorado and Utah. Additional collections to be processed under this <br />project .in FY-98 wi11 require corresponding increases in budget and <br />allocated funds. (Sample processing and other LFL services not covered <br /> <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />