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<br />133G <br /> <br />YOY/Small Bodied Fish Monitoring <br />Fiscal Year 1999 Project Proposal <br /> <br />Principal Investigators: David L. Propst and Amber L. Hobbes <br />Conservation Services Division <br />New Mexico Department of Game and Fish <br />(505) 827-9906 <br />d yropst@state.nm.us a _ hobbes@gmfsh.state.nm.us <br /> <br />-i' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br />~ ..' <br /> <br />Studv Area: <br /> <br />The study area for YOY/small bodied fish monitoring extends from river mile (RM) 180.0 <br />(Animas River confluence) in Farmington, New Mexico, downstream to RM 2.9 (Clay Hills <br />Crossing) just above Lake Powell in Utah. <br /> <br />Collections: <br /> <br />Specimens collected will be inspected to determine if any rare fishes (Colorado pikeminnow, <br />roundtail chub, and r8Wrback sucker) are present in the seine. Any rare fish > 150 mm TL and <br />al1large-bodied native fish (Le., flannelmouth and bluehead suckers) will be released. All other <br />specimens will be preserved in 10% formalin and returned to the New Mexico Department of <br />Game and Fish Laboratory for identification, enumeration, and measurement (total length and <br />weight). <br /> <br />Backeround: <br /> <br />As set forth in Section 5.7 of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program <br />(SJRRIP) Long-Range Plan, a long-term monitoring program "to identify changes in the <br />endangered and other native species populations, status, distributions and habitat conditions" is <br />to be developed by the SJRRIP Biology Committee. In the lchthyofaunal Monitoring Program <br />document (draft) monitoring was divided into three primary areas, larval fish, young-of- <br />year/small bodied, and subadult and adult/large-bodied fishes. The portion of the San Juan <br />River to be monitored extends from the confluence of the Animas and San Juan rivers <br />(Farmington) to Lake Powell (Clay Hills Crossing). The following work proposal for 1999 is <br />to conduct the young-of-year/small-bodied fishes monitoring effort. <br /> <br />I. '~ <br /> <br />In addition to accomplishing work (field, laboratory, data analysis, and report writing) specific <br />to the young-of-year/small-bodied fish monitoring effort, this proposal includes work that is <br />devoted to other aspects of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program. <br /> <br />(, <br /> <br />\',' <br /> <br />Work Plan FY99.wpd <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />Budget and Work Plan FY99 <br /> <br />c> <br />r' <br />L: <br />