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<br />RECOVERY PRffiRAM FOR
<br />THE ENDANGERED .FISHES
<br />~~ OF'THE UPPERCOIORAill
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<br />, Summer 1994
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<br />Accord reached on tish recovery tasks
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<br />By Connie Young. '.
<br />Information and Education Coordinator'
<br />u.s. Fish and Wildiife Service
<br />Faced with an uphill battle to recov-
<br />er endangered fish, a coalition offeder-
<br />ai, state and private entitles haS set in
<br />moiiona five-year plan to protect river
<br />flows, build fish 'passageways l\nd
<br />release limited numbers of hatchery- .
<br />rnised endangered' fish into the wild. .
<br />The reCovery' action plan waS pr6~
<br />duced by the Recovery Prognim for
<br />Endangered Fish. of . the Upper
<br />Colorndo River Basin,.a multi-agency. .
<br />program aimed at recovering of endan-
<br />gered Colorndo squawfish, humpbaCk.
<br />chubs, bonytail chubs and razorback
<br />suckers while allowing' for develop-
<br />ment of state water resources.
<br />"Research has. shown us what needs
<br />to be done; we're now aggressively
<br />implemeniing actions needed to recov-
<br />er the fish," said John Hamill, a biolo-
<br />gist for the U.s. Fish and Wildlife
<br />Service who directs the recovery 'pro-
<br />gram, "We will uSe the recovery action
<br />plan to keep the program accountable
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<br />See RECOVERY PLAN, Page 3
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<br />PhOto courtesy of Dale Stewart
<br />In the early 1900s, residents of the Colorado River Basin commonly caught
<br />and ate native Colorado River fish such as thesquawfish pictured here. A
<br />report produced by'the Recovery Program for Endangered Fish of the Upper
<br />Colorado gives details.. (Story, Page 6.)
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<br />. Trout, other non-native fish stocking
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<br />subject of interagency procedures
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<br />Goal is protecting rare fish, ,Wildlife Service jo".>t1y developed and
<br />, . endorsed the mterlm procedures to
<br />allowing linrited stocking. address the sometimes competing
<br />. .' '. . . goals of recovering endangered
<br />Stockmg of certam warm-wat~r Colorndo River fish such as Colorado
<br />sport fish Rican contl~ue m the upper squawfish, humpback chub, bonytail
<br />~olorndo. ver Basm, thanks to.an chub and rnzorback sucker and stock-
<br />mterngency agreement on e.ndangered ing non-native game fish, such as bass,
<br />fish protecho~ developed ~hls sprmg. crnppie and bluegill.
<br />. State Wildlife agencIes 10 Colorado,
<br />Utah and Wyoming and the Fish and See TROUT, Page 2
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