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<br />a <br />L.:) <br />c..., <br />t\~ <br />CO <br />W <br /> <br />Department of the Interior <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />FOR <br />AN EXPERIMENTAL STOCKING PLAN FOR COLORADO SQUAWFISH <br />IN THE SAN JUAN RIVER <br /> <br />The Regional Directors, Mountain and Prairie Region (Region 6) and the Southwest Region <br />(Region 2). of the Fish and Wildlife Service are requested to approve the experimental stocking <br />of Colorado squawfish in the San Juan River within the states of Utah, Colorado, and New <br />Mexico. The New Mexico Ecological Services Office, in concert with Ecological Services <br />Offices in the Utah and Colorado, has prepared the attached Environmental Assessment (EA) <br />to provide an analysis and assessment of impacts to the environment from the proposed plan. <br /> <br />The experimental stocking of Colorado squawfish in the San Juan River is a component of the <br />Federal, State, Tribal, and private San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program for <br />endangered fish species in the San Juan basin. The stocking plan has been reviewed by <br />experts on the species and the San Juan River from all signatories to the Program, and has <br />been recommended for implementation by the Biology Committee of the Program. <br /> <br />Based upon the information in the EA, it has been determined that the decision to approve the <br />experimental stocking plan does not constitute a major Federal action having a significant <br />impact on the environment. Actions and impacts were evaluated using the best available data <br />and assumptions. <br /> <br />L[{L <br /> <br />ti~'""" Regional Director, Region 6 <br /> <br />(0-11-'1 to <br />Date <br /> <br /> <br />fJL~. <br /> <br />~ 0 /; ~0 <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />Re <br />