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<br />grown increasingly vocal in their'-'
<br />complainls thai the u.s. Fish and
<br />Wildlife Service is seeking too much
<br />waler, and that. Western Slope users
<br />- not Iransmountain waler divert.
<br />ers - are being forced to sacrifice.
<br />The idea behind the program is
<br />thai waler users, slale and federal.
<br />government agencies and environ.
<br />mentalists will work logether 10 pro-
<br />vide enough water for the endan.
<br />gered species - Coloradosquawlish,
<br />razorback sucker and humpbak
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<br />velopmenl in the basin proceed.
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<br />DELTA- U.S.',Fish antfWildllfe Service biologists arestooking
<br />more.tJ1an 4,000 hatchery.raised razorback suckers into the Gwmi-
<br />son River 10 restore viable populations of the endangered nallve
<br />fish.
<br />This will be the largest numberofrazorllac;ks yello be stocked. A
<br />totalof600 razorbacki; was stocked in 199.5,and 1996. :.
<br />Ra2l>rback suckers, so-i1ll1!led for the spl!1Y hlimp on their backs,
<br />can;j:row.to be the' largest suckers in North America. They are
<br />unique 1o.the'Coiomdo"~i~ BaSin, and the )Jotlom.fueding species
<br />Is believed to be4 million years old.
<br />Biologists say these fish have a good chance of survival because
<br />they are 7 to 12 incheslpllg, too large 10 be eaten by most other fish
<br />in the river. And !:bese t'lsh are the fU'Sl-generallon offspring of ra-
<br />20rbaclrs caught in 'the wild, which should give them a beller
<br />chanoo in the natural environment.
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<br />l::'~ on endangered species in Colorado
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<br />Western and Eastern Slope water
<br />leaders have started a series of talks
<br />aimed at resolving disagreements
<br />over supplying water in Ute Colo.
<br />rado River for endangered fish.
<br />The arguments are over how
<br />mucb water is really needed ro bring
<br />the fish back from the edge of exlinc.
<br />lion, 'lUId over where. the water
<br />should OQIlIe from - East Slope or
<br />west Slope water rights;
<br />The laIks were convened last
<br />week, said Jim Lochhead, director of
<br />the stale Department of Natural Re,
<br />sources, 10 keep the politically trag.
<br />De Endangered Fish ltecovery Pro-
<br />gram from going down the tubes,
<br />Western Slope water ll$ers have
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<br />By CHRIS BAIlKEIl
<br />Th& Dailf SanIInaI
<br />Protecling pedeslrlans is the No.
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