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<br />Propagation facilities for endangered fish <br /> <br />The Recovery Program currently has endangered fish "refuge" ponds at Ouray Endangered Fish <br />Facility in Utah and at Horsethief Canyon State Wildlife Area in Colorado. Additional ponds are <br />under construction at Ouray, and by the end of FY 1996, the combined surface area of these two <br />sites will be 7.9 acres. An additional 9.3 acres is needed for primary refuge ponds and another <br />14.5 acres for backup ponds. <br /> <br />Feasibility studies and engineering design investigations have been completed for a site at Craig, <br />Colo., and at a state fish culture station in Wahweap, Utah. These studies will be completed in <br />1995 and evaluated based on Recovery Program needs for refuges and propagation. The <br />Management Committee recently approved construction of up to six additional ponds at the <br />Wahweap site. Also, the Management Committee is developing recommendations for additional <br />hatchery construction in FY 1996. Potential sites for development and/or expansion include <br />Wahweap, Craig, Horsethief and Ouray. <br /> <br />Together, these ponds will allow the Recovery Program to produce fish for adult brood stocks, <br />research, stocking and "refuge" populations that will prevent extinction in the wild. The brood <br />stocks will consist of 25 family lots, which will be offspring from four stocks of fish: razorback <br />suckers from the middle Green River and upper Colorado River, bonytail chubs from Lake <br />Mohave and Colorado squawfish from the upper Colorado River. (Long-term fish needs for aug- <br />mentation and restoration stocking have not yet been identified.) <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Ten to II additional 0.2-acre ponds to be completed at the Ouray Endangered <br />Fish Facility in Utah. <br />Oct. I, 1995. <br /> <br />Action <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />The Implementation Committee will approve recommendations for additional <br />hatchery sites in FY 1996. <br />S<:pt. 7,1995. <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will construct up to six additional <br />refuge ponds at the Wahweap site. <br />November 1995. <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Questions? <br /> <br />Please call Dick Wydoski at (303) 236-2985, ext. 228. <br /> <br />Non-native fish stocking procedures <br /> <br />Only 14 fish species are native to the upper Colorado River basin; eight of these are either endan- <br />gered or are candidates for listing. In contrast, more than 40 non-native species have been intro- <br />duced and are believed one of the primary causes of the decline in native Colorado River fish. <br /> <br />10 <br />