planning for fish bearing waters between glen canyon dam and lake mead
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Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting
Planning for fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead
Fisheries Management Planning Fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead
Colorado River Tributaries
Comprehensive fisheries management Healthy recreational trout fishery in the Lees Ferry Reach Thriving native fish community within Grand Canyon National Park
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - coming Scoping, Alternatives, Analysis, Public Review Section 106/ESA consultation
Meeting Purpose – Information exchange to understand stakeholder interests
Meeting ProcessIntroductory Presentations
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Grand Canyon National Park Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish
Stakeholder PresentationsFacilitated Discussion
Pizza Lunch
Fisheries Management Planning
Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach
Highly valued recreational trout fishery minimal emigration downstream
Healthy, self-sustaining native fish communitiesnative fish habitat, and the important ecological role of native fishes . . . to the extent possible
Lees Ferry Reach
Colorado River Manage trout using a wide range of tools with stakeholders Develop meaningful metrics of trout size, weight, abundance,
and life history factors with stakeholders to maximize angler satisfaction and minimize emigration
Maintain and enhance the aquatic food base in Glen Canyon Maintain healthy, self-sustaining populations of native fish
Study and protect habitat needs, movement, and spawning locations for native fish
Determine the effects of dam operations on native and non-native fish
Prevent introduction of aquatic invasive species
Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach
Paria River within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Protect water quality, water sources, and in-stream flows from
degradation Maintain native plant and animal communities Conduct aquatic inventories Prevent introduction of aquatic invasive species
Other Glen Canyon considerations Where feasible, use sustainable solutions Consider fish management activities in context with other resources
and values (e.g., wilderness values, water quality, wildlife, recreation needs, threatened and endangered species)
Use the best available scientific and other information
Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach
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