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<br />,-' <br /> <br />confluence with the Green River and caught one juvenile Colorado <br />squawfish (205 mID TL). A total of ten species were caught during this <br />survey, including the native species flannelmouth sucker and bluehead <br />~ucker (Hasglich and Holden 1995). The capture of the juvenile Colorado <br />squawfish in 1995 has stemmed this proposal. The BIO/~ffiST survey was <br />limited to ~ne trip; a systematic survey of the Price River is necessary <br />to bet-ter determine the entire fish coo:u:a.unLty and thi.s rL'\'ers rol.e i...n <br />endangered fish recovery_ We propane a more eXLensive survey designed <br />to look for adult, juvenile, and age-O endangered fishes to determine if <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 from 1996-1998 to determine <br />if adult and/or juvenile endangered fishes (particularly Colorado <br />squawfish and razorback sucker} are Qresent; if adults are <br />present, determine if they utilize the Price River for spawning. <br /> <br />2. Systematically survey the Price River from 1996-1998 to determine <br />if age-Q endangered fish (if the Price Rive~ is utilized for <br />spawning) remai~ in low-velocity habitats in the Price River or <br />mov~ 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) from 1996-1996 ~o determine if <br />ma~nstem adult colorado squawflsh utilize the Price River as a <br />staging/resting a~ea associated with spawning and determine if <br />drifting age-Q ColoradO squawfish from Desolation/Grey Canyons <br />utilize t~e lo~e~ Price ~~ver fer nursery habitat. <br /> <br />4. Determine the biological importance of the Price River to the <br />Green 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 1-3 will take <br />surveyed from 1996-1998, <br />and 2) endangered fishes <br />accordingly {e.g. reduce <br /> <br />approximately 3 years; the price River will be <br />If 1) flow patterns are similar between years <br />are not found, methods will be revised <br />sampling intensity or shorten the sampling <br />