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<br /> <br />What is being done to recover the endangered fish? <br />..r, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Ii <br />. <br />I' <br /> <br />Habitat management <br />Recovery Program fund~ are used to identify and <br />acquire adequate in-stream Oow.. for the fish in <br />accordance with state water laws. and interstate <br />compacts. Research is under way to determine ho",' <br />to operate federal dams to bcndillhe l1"h. <br /> <br />Habitat development <br />Researchers are finding ways 10 creatc. protect <br />and improve habitat for the fish. Projects ma~ <br />include developing spawnin~ habital and grow-out <br />ponds and constructing fish passage"'ays or <br />"ladders" around barrier... <br /> <br />Stocking native fish <br />Researchers are developing techniques 10 <br />improve the 'iun'ival of endangered fish raised in <br />captivity and sloded in the wild. They 31<:'0 arc <br />"pawning raLOrback suckc~ 10 be reintroduced to <br />the wild and used in recovery-relaled research. <br /> <br />Non-native species and sport-fishing <br />Biologish are monitoring long-term population <br />Irend" in native and non-nativc fish specie... and are <br />studying compclilion bct"'cen the two. Stocking of <br />non-native fish i.. limited 10 area... where there <br />~ppcars In be nfl conllicl with thc four native fish <br />...pecie.... Information i" being distrihuted to angler... <br />to reduce accidental laking of Ihe fi...h. <br /> <br /> <br />Research. monitoring and data management <br />Recovery Program rc..carch involve" making <br />recommendarions on river 110w.... cvaluating thc <br />genetic... of fi"h populalions from different river <br />sy.\tem.... developing facililie... to hold rare fi...h in <br />protective ponds. cvaluating behavioral diffcrence... <br />in harchery and wild fish and estahli.\hin,g <Idult <br />bnx)(j stock for Colorado ...quawfhh and razorback <br />...uckcf\. Data from all ...rudics arc being compiled in <br />a centralized computcr databa..,c. <br /> <br />Thrt't" ht)~"'I)lN' \\ith a 17.pound Colll.-ado""lua\\lhh ("au~hl <br />inthl'C,rff-n Rin'rinlhl't'arl.\ 1910<.. <br /> <br /> <br />RECOVERY PRffiRAM FOR <br />TI-IE El\DAJ"GERED RSHES <br />OF TI-IE UPPER COIORAm <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />The RCCQ\<'I! Program for Endangcred Fi~h of the Upf'Cr <br />Colorado Ri\'er Ba...in i~ a IS.year program aimed at re- <br />e!>t.lbli!>hing self-...u...taining ptlpulation~ of Colorado stjuawthh. <br />humphad. chul'>.... honytail chub~ and razorNcl sud...en. \%hilc <br />providing for nc.... \%'ater dc-\e1opmcnt. The program bccamc <br />official in January 19811.. with In.: ...igning of an agreemcnL by <br />the gOH'rnOl"'o ufC"olorado. L'lah and Wyoming: the ...e\.'relaT) of <br />the Interior: and the administrator of We...lern Area Power <br />Administration. <br /> <br />Program participants: <br />. U.s. l'"ish & Wildlifc . Col(>r;Jdo \\'ildlik <br />Service fuk'ration <br />u.s. Bureau of Reclamation . WYl,ming Wildlife <br />""estern Area Po"er t'"cdI:r.llinn <br />Admini~tration . Colorado Walcr Cllfl!:l't"S.S <br />. StalcofCok>rd&,l L"tahWatcrl;sen; <br />. Stale of l'tah Association <br />. Slale of Wyomin~ Wyominll Watc-r <br />. :'\ational Auduhon Socicly Dc\'dopmenl A...so..:ialioll <br />. Emironnle'ntal Oekll't" . Color.td..... Rm:r Energy <br />Fund Di~uihulon. A....ociation <br />(With uMi,!1<ltl("t' fro", 1M .',llionaJ Fi.lh and Wildlift' Fowulation.; <br /> <br />! <br />, <br />1 <br />. <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />For more Information. pleasc write: ColOrado Ri\er <br />Rt"\.'OH'ry Program. US Fi~h and Wildlif... $e1"\1(C. P.O Bo\ <br />154S6.lXn\er Federal Center. o..'n\CT, CO ~O:::25. <br /> <br />.. <br />1"'''\:It <br />,f"" <br />, J <br />"'I' <br />'f~ 1.. <br /> <br />fA _, <br />... IiiI,; .. <br />" <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />"'Illit. ....--~"' <br />~. 'i r ~ ''\1,' <br />, ,',' ~ I "~' "1' .... <br />.' ~- "~"r.~' <br /> <br />I <br />