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<br />o <br />Cl <br />,:- <br />.---- <br />'.--' <br /> <br />'., <br /> <br />0') <br /> <br />l' <br />~ <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 PURPOSE <br /> <br />The purpose of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation <br />Program (Implementation Program) is to protect and recover <br />endangered fishes in the San Juan River basin while water <br />development proceeds in compliance with all applicable federal <br />and state laws. Endangered species include the Colorado <br />squawfish and razorback sucker. It is anticipated that actions <br />taken under the Implementation Program also will provide benefits <br />to other native fishes in the Basin and prevent them from <br />becoming endangered in the future. <br /> <br />The specific goals of the Implementation Program are listed <br />below. <br /> <br />1. To conserve populations of Colorado squawfish and <br />razorback sucker in the Basin consistent with the recovery <br />goals established under the Endangered Species Act, 16 <br />U.S.C. 1531 et seq. <br /> <br />2. To proceed with water development in the Basin in <br />compliance with federal and state laws, interstate compacts, <br />supreme Court decrees, and federal trust responsibilities to <br />the Southern Utes, Ute Mountain Utes, Jicarillas, and the <br />Navajos. <br /> <br />This Implementation Program identifies actions and objectives <br />needed to attain these goals and to implement recovery within 15 <br />years. Specifically, these are identification of the elements <br />considered necessary to achieve recovery and the means of <br />implementing those elements. This Implementation Program <br />incorporates, as its basis, the agreements made in the Memorandum <br />of Understanding (MOU) attached as Appendix A. It is the intent <br />of the Implementation Program to protect the needs of the <br />endangered species of the San Juan Basin as part of a stable~ <br />div~~se ec~svstem, to provide the mechanisms for proceed~ng <br />wate aeve opmerlt, and to consider the impacts of all resource <br />evelopment on the endan er ecies in compliance with al <br />.ap' aws an regulations, ~nc u ~ng endangered Species <br />Act. <br />L--- <br /> <br />1.2 RECOVERY OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />Specific recovery objectives for threatened and endangered <br />species are established by recovery teams (advisory teams of <br />