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MONITOR POPULATIONS AND HABITAT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH TO SUPPORT RECOVERY ACTIONS. This category consists primarily of research and monitoring activities that have application to more than one of the foregoing elements. In the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan, this element includes: monitoring populations and habitat and annually assessing changes in habitat and population parameters (i.e., population estimates); determining gaps in existing life-history information and recommending and conducting research to fill those gaps; and improving scientific research and sampling techniques. Research activities are identified for each subbasin only to the extent that such activities are related to another recovery action in that subbasin. Such identification does not preclude further research in that subbasin that may be identified later or that is identified in the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan. The Recovery Program is updating data management to track individual fish via passive integrated transponder tags implanted in endangered fish handled by Recovery Program hatchery and research personnel. In recent years, tag and re-sight events have greatly increased, primarily from increased number and survival of stocked fish, increased sampling associated with nonnative fish activities, and detections from several remote antennas installed in locations throughout the Upper Basin. Antennas have significantly increased tag detections and researchers have now begun to incorporate these data into demographic analyses. The Recovery Program has contracted with Colorado Natural Heritage Program to design and implement a web- based database that will store and query the large amount of tag data the Recovery Program now manages. The database will allow Recovery Program partners to input data more easily and effectively, and will allow outside researchers and the general public to interact with the data under various permission levels. In 2014, Colorado Natural Heritage Program performed initial design of the database using examples of Recovery Program data. The database is planned for phased implementation that began in 2015. As of 2016, the STReaMS (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) has launched and is available to all Program partners. Improvements and full implementation will occur in FY 2017.

MONITOR POPULATIONS AND HABITAT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH TO SUPPORT RECOVERY ACTIONS. ‌ This category consists primarily of research and monitoring activities that have application to more than one of the foregoing elements. In the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan, this element includes: monitoring populations and habitat and annually assessing changes in habitat and population parameters (i.e., population estimates); determining gaps in existing life-history information and recommending and conducting research to fill those gaps; and improving scientific research and sampling techniques. Research activities are identified for each subbasin only to the extent that such activities are related to another recovery action in that subbasin. Such identification does not preclude further research in that subbasin that may be identified later or that is identified in the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan. The Recovery Program is updating data management to track tracks individual fish via passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags implanted in endangered fish handled by Recovery Program hatchery and research personnel. In recent years, tag and re-sight events have greatly increased, primarily from increased number and survival of stocked fish, increased sampling associated with nonnative fish activities, and detections from several remote antennas installed in locations throughout the Upper Basin. Antennas have significantly increased tag detections detections, and researchers have now begun to incorporate these data into demographic analyses. The Recovery Program has contracted with Colorado Natural Heritage Program to design (CNHP) designed and implement built a web- web-based database that will store stores and query provides queries for the large amount of tag data the Recovery Program now managesmanages (The Species Tagging, Research, and Monitoring System [STReaMS], xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx). The database will allow allows Recovery Program partners to input data more easily and effectively, and will allow outside allows researchers and the general public to interact with the data under various permission levels. In 2014, Colorado Natural Heritage Program performed initial design of the database using examples of Recovery Program data. The database is planned for phased implementation that began STReaMS launched in 2015. As of 2016, the with structural and quality control improvements occurring in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, CNHP added additional tools to support popular download requests and added calculated fields. In 2020, STReaMS (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) has launched and is available funding declined to all Program partners. Improvements and full implementation will occur in FY 2017a maintenance level.

MONITOR POPULATIONS AND HABITAT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH TO SUPPORT RECOVERY ACTIONS. This category consists primarily of research and monitoring activities that have application to more than one of the foregoing elements. In the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan, this element includes: monitoring populations and habitat and annually assessing changes in habitat and population parameters (i.e., population estimates); determining gaps in existing life-history information and recommending and conducting research to fill those gaps; and improving scientific research and sampling techniques. Research activities are identified for each subbasin only to the extent that such activities are related to another recovery action in that subbasin. Such identification does not preclude further research in that subbasin that may be identified later or that is identified in the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan. The Recovery Program is updating data management to track individual fish via passive integrated transponder tags implanted in endangered fish handled by Recovery Program hatchery and research personnel. In recent years, tag and re-sight events have greatly increased, primarily from increased number and survival of stocked fish, increased sampling associated with nonnative fish activities, and detections from several remote antennas installed in locations throughout the Upper Basin. Antennas have significantly increased tag detections and researchers have now begun to incorporate these data into demographic analyses. The Recovery Program has contracted with Colorado Natural Heritage Program to design and implement a web- based database that will store and query the large amount of tag data the Recovery Program now manages. The database will allow Recovery Program partners to input data more easily and effectively, and will allow outside researchers and the general public to interact with the data under various permission levels. In 2014, Colorado Natural Heritage Program performed initial design of the database using examples of Recovery Program data. The database is planned for phased implementation that began in 2015. As of 2016, the STReaMS (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) has launched and is available to all Program partners. Improvements and with full implementation will occur in by FY 2017.

MONITOR POPULATIONS AND HABITAT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH TO SUPPORT RECOVERY ACTIONS. ‌ This category consists primarily of research and monitoring activities that have application to more than one of the foregoing elements. In the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan, this element includes: monitoring populations and habitat and annually assessing changes in habitat and population parameters (i.e., population estimates); determining gaps in existing life-history information and recommending and conducting research to fill those gaps; and improving scientific research and sampling techniques. Research activities are identified for each subbasin only to the extent that such activities are related to another recovery action in that subbasin. Such identification does not preclude further research in that subbasin that may be identified later or that is identified in the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan. The Recovery Program is updating data management to track individual fish via passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags implanted in endangered fish handled by Recovery Program hatchery and research personnel. In recent years, tag tag, and re-sight events have greatly increased, primarily from increased number and survival of stocked fish, increased sampling associated with nonnative fish activities, and detections from several remote antennas installed in locations throughout the Upper Basin. Antennas have significantly increased tag detections and researchers have now begun to incorporate these data into demographic analyses. The Recovery Program has contracted with Colorado Natural Heritage Program to design has designed and implement built a web- web-based database that will store and query the large amount of tag data the Recovery Program now managesmanages (The Species Tagging, Research, and Monitoring System [STReaMS], xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx). The database will allow allows Recovery Program partners to input data more easily and effectively, and will allow outside allows researchers and the general public to interact with the data under various permission levels. In 2014, Colorado Natural Heritage Program performed initial design of the database using examples of Recovery Program data. The database is planned for phased implementation that began STReaMS launched in 2015. As of 2016, with structural and quality control improvements occurring in 2017. In 2018, the STReaMS (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) has launched focus will switch to enhancing user tools and is available to all Program partners. Improvements and full implementation will occur in FY 2017providing additional query options.

MONITOR POPULATIONS AND HABITAT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH TO SUPPORT RECOVERY ACTIONS. ‌ This category consists primarily of research and monitoring activities that have application to more than one of the foregoing elements. In the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan, this element includes: monitoring populations and habitat and annually assessing changes in habitat and population parameters (i.e., population estimates); determining gaps in existing life-history information and recommending and conducting research to fill those gaps; and improving scientific research and sampling techniques. Research activities are identified for each subbasin only to the extent that such activities are related to another recovery action in that subbasin. Such identification does not preclude further research in that subbasin that may be identified later or that is identified in the General Recovery Program Support Action Plan. The Recovery Program is updating data management to track individual fish via passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags implanted in endangered fish handled by Recovery Program hatchery and research personnel. In recent years, tag tag, and re-sight events have greatly increased, primarily from increased number and survival of stocked fish, increased sampling associated with nonnative fish activities, and detections from several remote antennas installed in locations throughout the Upper Basin. Antennas have significantly increased tag detections and researchers have now begun to incorporate these data into demographic analyses. The Recovery Program has contracted with Colorado Natural Heritage Program to design has designed and implement built a web- web-based database that will store and query the large amount of tag data the Recovery Program now managesmanages (The Species Tagging, Research, and Monitoring System [STReaMS], xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx). The database will allow allows Recovery Program partners to input data more easily and effectively, and will allow outside allows researchers and the general public to interact with the data under various permission levels. In 2014, Colorado Natural Heritage Program performed initial design of the database using examples of Recovery Program data. The database is planned for phased implementation that began STReaMS launched in 2015. As of 2016, with structural and quality control improvements occurring in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, the STReaMS (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) has launched focus will switch to enhancing user tools and is available to all Program partners. Improvements and full implementation will occur in FY 2017providing additional query options.