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<br /> <br />':"'~T ':,. <br /> <br />Public Relations Department, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 <br />PH, (303) 491-6432 ,FAX: (303) 491-6433 <br /> <br />Oct. 9, 1995 <br />Contact: Jerry Vaske <br />Colorado State University <br />(970) 491-2360, or <br />COIUlie Young <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />(303) 236-2985, ext. 227 <br /> <br />PUBLIC SUPPORTS ENDANGERim.FISH RECOVERY, SURVEY FINDS <br /> <br />FORT COLLINS-A majority of citizens who live along the upper Colorado River basin would <br />like to see four species of endangered fish recovered, a Colorado State University study conducted for <br />the Colorado Division of Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has found. <br /> <br />. Completed by Colorado Stale's Human Dimensions in Natural Resources Unit, the survey <br />found 66 percent of the 897 respondents support efforts to protect the Colorado squawfish, bony tail <br />chub, razorback sucker and humpback chub from extinction. Another 21 percent oppose such efforts, <br />while 13 percent had no opinion. <br />John Hamill, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who directs the Recovery Program for <br />Endangered Fish of the Upper Colorado River Basin, views the survey's results as support for the <br />fish as well as the environment. <br />"I think the results equate to broader environmental values," Hamill said. "That these fish <br />species are endangered indicates the quality of the environment is deteriorating. .By protecting the <br />fish,. we're also helping to reverse that trend," <br />The program is designed to recover endangered fish while providing for continued water <br />development in the basin, <br />Colorado State's research team collected the data last year via a telephone survey of residents <br />of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Of the 897 respondents, 168 were elected' local officials, <br />300 were anglers, 125 were members of environmental groups and 304 were members of the general <br />public. <br /> <br />-1- <br />