RECOVERY ACTION PLANS. The tasks in these Recovery Action Plans are prioritized by their schedules. Schedules are shown where they have been identified (if all the year columns for an activity are blank, then the activity has not yet been scheduled). If a completion date has been identified, it is shown under the appropriate fiscal year. Where specific dates have not been identified, but an action is ongoing, beginning, or ending in a year, an "X" appears in that year's column. The "who" column identifies the lead responsible agency (listed first) and any cooperating agencies. The status column is used where additional narrative is needed to explain the duration, status, etc. of an activity. Once again, the caret ">" identifies those recovery actions which are expected to result in a measurable population response, a measurable improvement in habitat for the fishes, legal protection of flows needed for recovery, or a reduction in the threat of immediate extinction. An asterisk (*) identifies those activities which will contribute to the RIPRAP serving as a reasonable and prudent alternative to the likely destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. The Recovery Action Plans are formatted in stepdown-outline tables. This is reflected in the numbering system and indenting. Some actions which assess options or the feasibility of a recovery action are followed by a subsequent implementation step, and others are not, depending on how feasible the implementation step is considered to be at this time. The following abbreviations are used to identify lead/cooperating agencies: BR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation CO State of Colorado CDA Colorado Department of Agriculture CDOPR Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation CDOW Colorado Division of Wildlife CRWCD Colorado River Water Conservation District CWCB Colorado Water Conservation Board FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -ES Ecological Services -FR Fishery Resources -RW Refuges and Wildlife -WR Water Resources LFL Larval Fish Laboratory NWCD Northern Water Conservancy District PD Recovery Program Director TBD To be determined UT State of Utah
a. Colorado Attorney General review. CO Complete CWCB adopted the Statement of Policy and Procedure Regarding the Appropriation of Instream Flows for the Recovery of Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin on March 9, 1994 and S.B. 96- 064 concerning instream flow appropriations of the CWCB was passed in May '96. I.B.1.b. CWCB approval/recommended action. CWCB Complete I...
RECOVERY ACTION PLANS. The tasks in these Recovery Action Plans are prioritized by their schedules. Schedules are shown where they have been identified (if all the year columns for an activity are blank, then the activity has not yet been scheduled). If a completion date has been identified, it is shown under the appropriate fiscal year. Where specific dates have not been identified, but an action is ongoing, beginning, or ending in a year, an "X" appears in that year's column. The "who" column identifies the lead responsible agency (listed first) and any cooperating agencies. The status column is used where additional narrative is needed to explain the duration, status, etc. of an activity. The caret ">" identifies those recovery actions which are expected to result in a measurable population response, a measurable improvement in habitat for the fishes, legal protection of flows needed for recovery, or a reduction in the threat of immediate extinction. An asterisk (*) identifies those activities which will contribute to the RIPRAP serving as a reasonable and prudent alternative to the likely destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat.
(1) Periodically monitor future channel narrowing and compare to historic rates using aerial or satellite imagery in the Green River (between Yampa and White rivers), Gunnison River (Hartland Dam to Colorado River), and the Colorado River downstream of the Gunnison River (Peak Flow Tech Supplement priority). Program Pending X X X X X X I.A.4.b.
(2) Monitor sediment mass balance in the middle Green River at Xxxxxx and Ouray gages, Gunnison River downstream of Hartland Dam at Delta and Whitewater gages, and the Colorado River at Cameo and State Line gages above and below the confluence with the Gunnison River (Peak Flow Tech Supplement priority). Program Ongoing X X X X X X Middle Green River is the priority reach at this time (Peak Flow Technical Supplement). Since March 2017 USGS has been collecting 15-minute acoustic monitoring data to measure suspended sediment at both the Ouray and Xxxxxx Green River gages (#09272400 and #09261000), for development of a sediment budget for this reach, to better understand Green River sediment dynamics. USGS collected these data throughout 2018, along with numerous suspended- sediment samples to calibrate and validate the acoustic monitoring measurements. For details of findings to date, see Activity 1.D.2.b.(2) under the Green River tab. I.B. Develop and select methods for modifiable protection o...
