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RECOVERYPRffiRAM FOR , . THE ENDANGERED FISHES .~ . .. . . . ~ OF THE UPPERCOIORAID' Spring/Summer 1995 IlatcherieS top'95fish recovery project list (DENVER) -' An endangered fish. hatchery could be constructed in Col~ orado and two . existing facilities. in Utah expanded, following decisions '. . made this' fall in Denver by managers . of a multi-agency prognirnto recover rare Colo'radci River fish. ' . The Implementation Con'uilittee of . the RecoveryProgr.im. for Endangered Fish of the Upper. Colorado River Basin approved a 1995 budget autho~ rizing $600,000 for construction. of 6 to 12. additional holding ponds at an existing hatchery near Vernal, Utah, The coriunittee approved another . . $300,000 for developing designs for.a proposed new hatchery in Craig, Colo:, and for pb'ssible expansion of theWah- 'weap State Fish Hatchery at Big Water, Utah, near the Arizona border. . .' "The Craig City Council is pleased' . that we may be able to help recover the . fish," said Don Birkner, city mariager of Craig. "In the long run, we also hope that. the hatchery could provide . information and education for the pub- . lie and becomeatouristattraction." See HATCHERIES Page 2 File photo, U.S. Fl~ and Wildlife ServlCG .. . . U.S.' FI~h and Wildlife Service Biological Technician' Mike Baker places young Colorado squawfish in a hatchery pond near Frulta, Colo. Similar facilllles could, ,be constructed in Craig, Colo., and Big Water, utah. These hatcheries would use II variety of wild adu~ fish to produce offSpring for reintroduction in the natural river environment. Utah "protects flows for fish The utah state engineer has set a MeasUred at Jensen, Utah, those flows new water-rights policy for the Green . are 1,100 to 1,800 cubic feet per sec- River which protects releases from ond in sLimmer and 1,100 to 2,400 cfs Flaming Gorge Reservoir for endan- in fall. gered fish: . 'The policy was a cooperative ef-. The policy applies to'new applica- fort among Recovery Program mem- tions and transfers into the reach of bers," said Bob Morgan, Utah State . 'the Green River from Flaming Gorge. Engineer. "Utah was allowed to iden- Dam to the confluence with the Ouch- tif}> and implement a method consis- esne River. Water-right requests for tent with state water law, and in so do- this area will be granted subject to by- ing, was able to protect existing water passing the flows required by the en- ,users as well as'the flows for endan- dafigered fish from June 22 to Nov.\. gered fish."