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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />FY 95 NEW STARTS <br /> <br />(Project completion dates shown in parentheses) <br /> <br />Develop initial recommendations and an implementation schedule for reducing <br />negative impacts of problem nonnative fishes (including sportfish). (3/95) <br />This will be based on the findings of Utah's FY 93 nonnative fish management <br />study (report expected Spring '94). <br /> <br />Evaluate sportfish management actions in the Upper Basin and determine how to <br />reduce negative impacts on endangered fishes (95). (The RIPRAP emphasizes the <br />following potential nonnative fish sources: Elkhead Reservoir, Duchesne <br />River, Kenney Reservoir, and McPhee Reservoir.) <br /> <br />Assess the impacts of angling mortality on endangered fishes in the Colorado <br />River in the Grand Valley and in Black Rocks, and in the Gunnison River below <br />Redlands Diversion Dam. (95-96) <br /> <br />Implement the Nonnative Fish Stocking Procedures including any necessary staff <br />support, floodplain mapping, case-by-case review of nonnative fish stocking <br />plans, and promulgation and implementation of regulations on stocking by the <br />aquaculture industry. (95) <br /> <br />Assess impacts of electrofishing through field studies using: a) portable <br />x-ray of fish captured during ongoing Recovery Program electrofishing <br />activities; or b) pond experiments with surplus hatchery raised endangered <br />fish. Make recommendations for minimizing electrofishing injury in Recovery <br />Program studies. (95) <br /> <br />Implement expanded Recovery Program staffing plan to improve Program <br />effectiveness. (95--) <br /> <br />Begin synthesizing results of the Flaming Gorge and Aspinall studies and <br />developing management recommendations. (through 97) <br /> <br />Evaluate the importance of Little Snake River flows and habitat to endangered <br />fish (6/95); develop a management action (work) plan to identify flow <br />recommendations and restoration needs (10/95). <br /> <br />Develop White River flow recommendations (based on the work plan Utah is <br />developing in FY 94). (95-97) <br /> <br />Assess and make recommendations for fish passage at Taylor Draw Dam on the <br />White River. (12/95) <br /> <br />Assess/make recommendations regarding passage at the Hartland diversion on the <br />Gunnison River. (9/95) <br />