WSP03164

• Author: USFWS
• Title: Management Plan for Endangered Fishes in the Yampa River Basin - Volume II -Appendices - USFWS - 09-01-2004

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Federal Register/Vol. 68, No. 146/Wednesday, July 30. 2003/Notices

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the three public meetings to be held in
August 2003. Public meetings are
scheduled Monday. August 11, 2003, in
Baggs. Wyoming; Tuesday, August 12,
2003, In Steamboat Springs, Colorado;
and Wednesday, August 13. 2003, in
Craig. Colorado. All meetings are
scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Public meetings will be
held at the Little Snake River Valley
Library, 105 2nd Street. Baggs.
Wyoming; Centennial Hall. 124 10th
Street. Steamboat Springs. Colorado;
and Shadow Mountain Clubhouse, 1055
County Road 7, Craig, Colorado.

Copies of the draft Environmental
Assessment and Management Plan are
available online at http://
'A/V{w.r6.fws.gov/crrip/yampa.htm or at
the following Yampa Valley locations-
Bud Werner Memorial Library. 1289
Lincoln Avenue. Steamboat Springs.
Colorado; Havden Town Hall, 178 W.
Jefferson Ave-nue, Hayden. Colorado;
Moffat County Public Library, 570 Green
Street. Craig, Colorado; Little Snake
River Valley Library. 105 2nd Street.
Baggs, Wyoming.

Copies of the draft Environmental
Assessment and Management Plan.
either printed and bound or on co-
RaM, also are available by request.
Requests for copies and written
comments may be sent to Dr. Robert
Muth, Director. by postal mail at Upper
Colorado River Endangered Fish
Recovery Program, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. P.O. Box 25486, DFC.
Denver. Colorado. 80225-0486; by fax at
[phone]; or bye-mail at
[e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Robert Muth. Director, at telephone
[phone] lextensian 268); Mr.
Gerry Roehm. Instream Flow
Coordinator (extension 272); Ms. Debra
Felker, Information and Education
Coordinator (extension 227); or at the
postal and e-mail addresses above,

SUPPLEMENTARY INFoRMATION: The Upper
Colorado River Endangered Fish
Recovery Program (Program) was
established in 1 9BB by a cooperative
agreement among the governors of
Wyoming. Colorado, and Utah.
Secretary of the Department of the
Interior, and Administrator of the
Western Area Power Administration for
the purpose of recovering four
endangered fish species endemic to the
Colorado River Basin-the humpback
chub (Gila cyphaJ, bony tail (Gi/a
elegans), Colorado pikeminnow
(Ptychocheilus JuciusJ, and razorback
sucker (Xyrouchen texanus). In August
2002. the Service completed recovery
goals for these species. which identify
five threat factors that led to their
decline. These factors. which include-
(1) Destruction. modification. or
curtailment of the species' habitat or
range; (2) overutilization; (3) disease
and predation; (4) inadequacy of
existing regulatory mechanisms; and (5)
other natural or manmade factors. must
be removed or abated to ensure the
species' recovery. The recovery goals
specify that certain recovery actions be
taken to achieve the demographic
criteria necessary for the species'
down listing and eventual delisting.
Flow modification. obstructions to fish
passage. and the presence of
competitive and predatory nonnative
fishes are considered to present the
most significant threats to recovery.
Consistent with the recovery goals,
Program participants developed a
Management Plan for Endangered
Fishes in the Yampa River Basin to
facilitate recovery of listed fishes as
water continues to be depleted from the
river to serve the needs of the people of
the Yampa Basin now and into the
foreseeable future. This management
plan identifies a package of recovery
actions to be implemented in the Yampa
River Basin, including instream flow
augmentation. fish passage, and
management of nonnative fish

Appendix F - Notice of Availability/Comments

populations. The Service proposes to
enter into a cooperative agreement to
implement the plan. This Federal action
requires that the Service fulfill the
requirements of the NEPA, for which an
Environmental Assessment has been
prepared.
Dated: March 27. 2003.
Elliott N. Sutta,
Acting Regional Director. Denver. Colorado.
[FR Doc. 03-17696 Filed 7-29-03; 8:45 am}
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