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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Successful recovery of the endangered fishes of the Green <br />River, Utah, will depend upon availability of adequate habitat in <br />which these fishes can complete their life cycles. Recovery <br />Implementation Program (RIP) participants are convinced that this <br />will require re-establishment of naturally flooded bottomland <br />areas along the river. All of the historic floodplain is either <br />in Federal, State, Tribal, or private ownership. Permission has <br />already been given to utilize bottomland areas owned by Federal <br />and state agencies. The use of Tribal floodplain areas is <br />negotiable. Privately owned flooded habitats will require <br />easements or purchase. <br /> <br />The RIP has requested information on land ownership within <br />the historic Green River floodplain. The greatest concentration <br />of bottomland areas lies between Pariette Draw and Split Mountain <br />(Irving and Burdick 1995). These bottomland habitats are <br />important because of their proximity to Razorback sucker <br />(Xyrauchen texanusl and Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus luciusl <br />spawning sites and in providing potential nursery areas. <br /> <br />This report, assembled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />(Service) and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (Division) in <br />Vernal, Utah, contains the most current and accurate information <br />available at the time of its compilation. Its purpose is to <br />provide the RIP's bottomland restoration program with information <br />for land acquisition and development of wildlife easements. <br /> <br />STUDY AREA <br /> <br />The study area (Figure 1) included the Green River and <br />adjacent floodplains between Pariette Draw and Split Mountain, <br />Dinosaur National Monument (rm 240-319 [rk 386.2-513.8]). <br /> <br />METHODS <br /> <br />The information in this report was primarily gathered from <br />land ownership records on file in the Office of the Recorder, <br />Uintah County, Utah (Recorder). It was assumed these records were <br />the most current, accurate and legally valid documents available. <br /> <br />Initial searches began with the Natural Resource <br />Conservation Service (NRCS) office in Vernal, Utah. This office <br />provided lists of all landowners registered under their <br />conservation, crop and irrigation assistance programs. Aerial <br />photographs delineating ownership of the river floodplain between <br />pariette Draw and Split Mountain were provided by this office. <br />ownership and acreage were verified with deed and easement <br />records in the Recorder's office. Corrections were made to NRCS <br />records where necessary. <br /> <br />1 <br />