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<br />~ <br /> <br />)" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Stocking/2 <br />The document spells out those situations in which non-native fish species <br />can be stocked without review, those where stocking is prohibited altogether <br />and those in which proposals will be reviewed case-by-case. One key compromise <br />now allows stocking of certain non-native fish above the 40-year floodplain, <br />rather than a more restrictive 100-year floodplain originally proposed. <br />"The Division of Wildlife is very supportive of the trial perind, and we <br />are anxious to proceed in compliance with the Service, aquaculture industry, <br />sportsmen and others," said Perry Olson, director of the Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife. <br />The procedures apply to all federal and state wildlife agencies and <br />private hatcheries proposing to stock non-native fish in western Colorado and <br />eastern Utah waters such as the Colorado, Yampa, White, Gunnison, Dolores, <br />Green, Duchesn~. Price, San Rafael and Dirty Devil rivers as well as nearby <br />lakes and reservoirs. In Colorado, private hatcheries provide more than 80 <br />percent of the non-native fish stocked in the upper Colorado River Basin. <br />Below are some highlights of the agreement: <br />Sma11mouth bass can be stocked upstream of Flaming Gorge Dam and in <br />certain standing waters separated from rivers occupied by endangered fish. <br />Black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and largemouth bass can be <br />stocked in certain standing waters or isolated ponds and reservoirs. <br />Proposals to stock walleye, yellow perch, wipers or tiger muskie will <br />be reviewed case-by-case based on the proposed stocking location, potential <br />for the non-native fish to escape into habitat occupied by endangered fish, <br />measures that could offset harm to endangered fish and other criteria. <br /> <br />-- more -- <br /> <br />A <br />