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<br />TNV <br /> <br />No.: <br /> <br />RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM <br />FOR THE ENDANGERED FISH SPECIES <br />IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />FY-1995 <br />SCOPE-OF-WORK <br />RESEARCH PROPOSAL <br /> <br />Phone: <br /> <br />U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Tim Modde and Oavid Irving <br />Colorado River Fish Project <br />266 West 100 North Suite 2 <br />Vernal, Utah 84078 <br />(801) 769-0354 <br /> <br />CateQorv (check one) <br />X Ongoing project <br />_ Requested new start <br />_ Unsolicited project <br />Outside funding <br /> <br />Lead Agency: <br />Submitted by: <br />Address: <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />Frank Pfeifer, Project Leader <br />Chuck McAda, Bob Burdick, Fishery Biologists <br />Colorado River Fish Project <br />529 25 1/2 Road, Suite B-110 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81505 <br /> <br />Date: 20, June 1994 <br /> <br />I. Title of Proposal: <br /> <br />Reconnaissance survey and inventory of mainstem bottomlands in the <br />upper Colorado River basin. <br /> <br />II. Relationship to Recovery Program/Ranking Factors <br /> <br />Historically, upper Colorado River basin flood plains were <br />inundated each year by spring runoff, but today much of the river <br />is channelized by levees, dikes, rip-rap, and tamarisk. The lack <br />of access to bottomlands has been exacerbated by the reduction in <br />spring flows due to upstream impoundments. Numerous studies have <br />suggested the importance of seasonal flooding to river <br />productivity. When these habitats are available, endangered <br />fishes use them extensively to feed in prior to and after spawning <br />and perhaps to spawn in as well. Restoration of flooded bottomland <br />habitat is thought to be'particularly important for recovery of <br />endangered fishes. An inventory and survey of these habitats <br />would provide managers with candidate sites for acquisition, <br />restoration, and management. <br /> <br />III. Study Goals, Objectives, End Product: <br /> <br />This project will identify, categorize, and prioritize upper <br />Colorado basin flooded bottomland (including all wetland) <br />habitats. We will accomplish this goal through three objectives: <br /> <br />1 <br />