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<br />and when these fishes utilize the Price River. <br /> <br />III. study Goals. Objectives, End Product: <br /> <br />The overall goals of this study are to determine if or how extensively <br />the endangered fishes utilize the Price River, and to determine the <br />biological importance of the Price River to the Green River system and <br />recovery of the endangered fishes. <br /> <br />Objectives: <br /> <br />1. systematically survey the Price River in 1996 and 1997 to <br />determine if adult and/or juvenile endangered fishes (particularly <br />Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker) are present; if adults <br />are present, determine if they utilize the Price River for <br />spawning. <br /> <br />2, systematically survey the Price River in 1996 and 1997 to <br />determine if age-Q endangered fish (if the Price River is utilized <br />for spawning) remain in low-velocity habitats in the Price River <br />or move downstream into the Green River. <br /> <br />3, Systematically survey the lower Price River (within the high water <br />inundation area of the Green River) in 1996 and 1997 to determine <br />if mainstem adult Colorado squawfish utilize the Price River as a <br />staging/resting area associated with spawning and determine if <br />drifting age-O Colorado squawfish from Desolation/Gray Canyons <br />utilize the lower Price River for nursery habitat. <br /> <br />4. Determine if the physical, chemical and biological attributes of <br />the Price River are suitable for the endangered fishes. <br /> <br />5. Determine the biological importance (as compared to other <br />tributaries of the Green River) of the Price River to the Green <br />River system. <br /> <br />IV. Description of past performance on this or similar projects: <br /> <br />similar information was synthesized for the White River project. <br /> <br />v. Study area (river miles, if appropriate) : <br /> <br />Price River from Grassy trail Creek, UT downstream to the confluence with <br />the Green River. <br /> <br />VI, Study Methods/Approach: <br /> <br />Objectives 1-4 will be addressed with surveys of the Price River in 1996 <br />and 1997, In 1996, all available information on the Price River will be <br />located {Ohjectives 4 and 5) and summarized with the first summer of <br />biological data in a report, We will tie this report into the Flaming <br />Gorge synthesis, After the second year of the study, a completion <br />report will be finished that will include a synthesis of the 2 years of <br />biological data collected in Objectives 1-4 and a synthesis of all <br />available historical information (Objectives 4 and 5) . <br /> <br />Obiective 1. <br /> <br />The Price River will be sampled from runoff through the estimated <br />spawning season. This will constitute three sampling trips (pre-runoff, <br />runoff, and post-runoff). Each trip will require approximately 7 <br />sampling days, All sampling trips will begin near Grassy trail Creek and <br />sampling will proceed downstream to the confluence with the Green River <br />