WSP06918

• File Number: 8240.200.10.A
• Description: UCRBRIP Habitat Restoration
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 10/8/1997
• Author: UCRBRIP
• Title: Final Habitat Restoration Program FY 1998 Work Plan Part 1
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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for which the Habitat Restoration Program has leadership
responsibility. However, success of the Habitat Restoration
Program, and ultimately the Recovery Program, is contingent upon
integration of and close coordination between the Habitat
Restoration Program and other Recovery Program elements, The
framework presumes continued progress in other Recovery Program
elements as identified in the RIPRAP, especially development and
implementation of instream flow recommendations. stabilization of
endangered fish populations, reduction in impacts of nonnative
fishes and sportfishing, and continuation of the Interagency
Standardized Monitoring Program,

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To restore or enhance natural floodplain functions that support
recovery of endangered fishes in the upper Colorado River basin,

Obiectives

I. Identify and provide the information needed to successfully
implement the Habitat Restoration Program.

2, Reconnect the floodplain to the river in areas where the
floodplain has been cut off,

3, Evaluate the response of the river ecosystem (including the
response of native and nonnative fish populations) to
reconnection of the floodplain to the main channel of the
river,

4, Conduct site-specific experimental manipulations at controlled
facilities,

5. Implement an adaptive restoration/management approach,

The Program will target sites for restoration that flood frequently
under average or less than average spring flow conditions (e,g"
within the lO-year floodplain), to maximize benefits to endangered
fishes, and to help ensure that Recovery Program resources are
applied judiciously,

Accomplishment of the objectives will require clearly articulating a
concise list of critical uncertainties and hypotheses to test,

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