Fish 

Propagation 

Program 
Western Area 

Power Administration 

COLORADO 

WATER CONGRESS 

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WESTERN

RESOURCE 

ADVOCATES 

U.S. 

FISH & WILDLIFE 

SERVICE 
 

Program goal: 

RECOVERY and 

delisting of the 

four listed fish 

species 
 

 

Adaptive recovery 

that can respond 

easily to new 

information 

Streamlined ESA 

Compliance 

No water project 

halted or delayed 

because of ESA 

No litigation for any 

program partners 
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Green River 

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Grand Junction, Colorado 

Colorado River 

NASRF – Mumma – 

Colorado Parks Wildlife 

Alamosa, Colorado 

Southwestern Native Aquatic 

Recovery and Restoration 

Center (SN ARRC) 

Dexter, New Mexico 

Wahweap State Fish Hatchery 

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 

Big Water, Utah 
Razorback 

sucker 
Razorback sucker 

Hatchery Hatchery N (target) N (target) agemean size mean size BasinStocking Location Stocking Location

Ouray - Ouray Randlett – Randlett 12,000 10,000 1.5 2 ≥350 ≥250 Green River GR R (Dino NM to Green River, UT; floodplains); WH R Dino NM to Green River, UT 

Colorado River Rifle to Fruita; 

Ouray – Grand Valley 6,000 1.5 ≥350 Colorado River Gunnison River @ Delta 

SN ARRC, Ouray – Grand Bloomfield to Montezuma Ck; 

Valley, Navajo Nation 4,800 1 - 2 >300 San Juan River Lower Animas R 
Humpback 

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Colorado 

pikeminnow 
 

 

 

 

Colorado pikeminnow 

Hatchery N (target) age mean size Basin Stocking Location 

SN ARRC 12,000 1 150 San Juan River 

Recently near Hogback Diversion 

on the San Juan River and in 

McElmo Creek 

Age-0 pikeminnow collected on Green and Colorado to create broodstock currently at SN ARRC 

~750 Green River fish from years 2018 - 2022 

~630 Colorado River fish from years 2016 - 2023 
Bonytail 
Bonytail 

Hatchery N (target) age mean size Basin Stocking Location 

Dino NM to Green River, UT; 

Ouray – Randlett 10,000 2 ≥250Green River floodplains; White River 

Ouray – Grand 

Valley 10,000 1.5 ≥250Colorado River 

Colo River (Rifle to Fruita); 

Gunnison River (Delta) 

NASRF/Mumma 5,000 2 - 6 ≥250

Colorado River; Yampa River; Salt 

Creek (small irrigation return) 

Colo River (Dolores R to Powell); 

Green River (Jensen to Mineral 

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