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<br />ISkl <br /> <br />evaluations will tell us if the intensively-managed floodplain <br />habitat sites can support razorback suckers, but they will not tell <br />us if razorbacks are successfully recruiting into the adult <br />population and successfully reproducing. A basin-wide monitoring <br />and evaluation program is needed to determine if our efforts are <br />helping the Green River razorback population; or helping populations <br />of nonnative species; and/or adversely affecting channel and <br />floodplain stability and geomorphology. <br /> <br />Goal: <br /> <br />To monitor biologic and physical response of the Green and Colorado <br />river systems to razorback sucker restoration activities. <br /> <br />Objectives: <br /> <br />1. Develop a standardized monitoring/evaluation program for <br />razorback suckers. <br /> <br />2. Implement program. <br />End Product: <br /> <br />A standardized monitoring program which identifies locations, data <br />to be collected, dates, protocols, reporting responsibilities, <br />costs, and schedules, for implementation in FY 96. Annual reports <br />will be similar to ISMP reports, except that they will focus on the <br />status and trends of razorbacks; on the status and trends of <br />populations of "problematic" nonnative species; and on annual trends <br />in physical habitat parameters. <br /> <br />IV. Description of past performance on this or similar projects: <br /> <br />The ISMP, which has been in existence for several years, focuses <br />primarily on trends in Colorado squawfish populations, and in <br />humpback chub populations. There is no monitoring program for <br />razorback suckers. <br /> <br />V. Study Area <br /> <br />The sites and segments will be located on the Green, Colorado and <br />Gunnison rivers. <br /> <br />VI. Study Methods/Approach <br /> <br />I would recommend hiring an outside contractor to design a long-term <br />monitoring and evaluation program for razorback sucker restoration <br />activities. The program would be developed interactively with <br />razorback sucker experts, ISMP experts, and outside experts that <br />have extensive experience in large river monitoring programs, <br />sampling gears/strategies/methods, and population indices. <br />Monitoring and evaluation sites will need to be established, and <br /> <br />2 <br />