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<br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM
<br />FY 97 ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT
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<br />RECOVERY PROGRAM
<br />PROJECT NUMBER:..l2
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<br />I. Project Title: Cooperative Agreement for Conducting Research and Laboratory Services
<br />at Colorado State University, Larval Fish Laboratory-Larval Fish Identification and
<br />Curation of Small-Fish Collections (Laboratory Services)
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<br />II. Principal Investigator(s): Darrel E. Snyder, Robert T, Muth, and Kevin R, Bestgen
<br />mail- Larval Fish Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
<br />e-mail- desnyder@cnr,colostate,edu (DES) and kbestgen@lamar,colostate,edu (KRB)
<br />phone - (970)491-5295 (DES), and (970)491-1848 (KRB)
<br />fax- (970)491-5091
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<br />(RTM is now with US Fish and Wildlife Service, 145E BOOS, Suite 404 Lincoln
<br />Plaza, Salt Lake City, VT 84115; phone (801)524-5001, ext 130.)
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<br />III. Project Summary: Larval fish identification and curation of small-fish collections is part
<br />of an ongoing cooperative agreement signed in 1990 between the U ,S, Bureau of
<br />Reclamation and Colorado State University, The agreement established a means for
<br />directly funding Larval Fish Laboratory services and research for the Colorado River
<br />Recovery Program at a 15% indirect cost rate, A total of 1,348 seine, drift-net, and light-
<br />trap collections were identified, processed, and cataloged in FY 97 under this portion of
<br />the agreement; another 1,053 collections begun in FY 96 were completcd with funds
<br />carried over from FY 96, In addition to other curatorial activities, 3,300 species-lots of
<br />backlog (pre-l 994) collections were cataloged, relabeled, and reorganized for easy
<br />access.
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<br />IV. Study Schedule: I 990-until Larval Fish Laboratory (LFL) services are no longer needed
<br />by the Colorado River Recovery Program,
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<br />V, Relationship to RIPRAP: General Recovery Program Support Action Plan V- "Monitor
<br />populations and habitat and conduct research to support recovery actions, research,
<br />monitoring, and data management", More specifically, the collection curation portion of
<br />these services relate to task V,A2-"Conduct interagency data management program to
<br />compile, manage, and maintain all research and monitoring data collected by the
<br />Recovery Program," (preserved specimens are the ultimate natural history database,)
<br />Please see Section VII, Recommendations regarding a more directly pertinent task that
<br />had been approved by the Biology Committee at its February 1996 meeting but has not
<br />yet been incorporated in RIPRAP,
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<br />VI. Accomplislunents ofFY 97 Tasks and Deliverables, Discussion ofInitial Findings and
<br />Shortcomings:
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<br />The FY 97 goals and objectives of this ongoing project have been met except for the
<br />cataloging of Green River drift-net and light-trap collections and transfer of associated
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