Recovery of Humpback Chub
 

Illustrated by Joseph Tomelleri

Richard A. Valdez

Thomas E. Czapla

Thomas E. Chart

Technical Work Group Meeting

January 28, 2016

Phoenix, AZ
Humpback Chub Recovery Team
 

Team and Agency Leads: Richard Valdez, Ph.D., Team Leader (SWCA)

 Thomas Czapla, Ph.D., USFWS Agency Lead (Upper Colorado River

Recovery Program)

Science Advisory Subgroup: Melissa Trammell (U.S. National Park Service)

 Katherine Creighton (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

 Shane Capron (Western Area Power Administration) Kirk Young/Randy Van Haverbeke (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Region 2)

 Scott Vanderkooi (USGS, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center)

 Bill Stewart (Arizona Game and Fish Department)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Advisors:• Seth Willey (Region 6)• Sarah Rinkevich (Region 2)

 Appointed by USFWS Region 6 Director, Noreen Walsh, November 2015 

Implementation Subgroup: Tom Pitts (Water Consult) Henry Maddux (Utah Department of Nat

 Leslie James (Colorado River Energy Distr

 Lynn Jeka (Western Area Power Administ Brent Uilenberg (U.S. Bureau of Reclamat

 Ted Kowalski (Colorado Water Conservat Robert Wigington (The Nature Conservan Don Ostler (Upper Colorado River Comm

 Julie Carter (Arizona Game and Fish Depa

 Phillip Vicenti (Councilman, Pueblo of Zu

 Kim Yazzie (Navajo Nation Department of 

Writing Team:• Tom Chart (Upper Colorado River Recove

• Robert Muth, Ph.D. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

• Kevin McAbee (Upper Colorado River Rec
Humpback Chub Recovery Plans
 

• First Recovery Plan approved August 22, 1979 (USFWS 1979).• First revision September 19, 1990 (USFWS 1990).

• Recovery goals approved August 1, 2002 (USFWS 2002a), but 

and declared of no force and effect by court order on January 

(Grand Canyon Trust et al., vs. Gale Norton et al., U.S. District Court for the Distri

Order No. 04‐CV‐636‐PHX‐FJM).

• Second revision underway.

First Revision

August 22, 1979 September 19, 1990 
Recovery Planning Documents
 

1. Species Status Assessment2. Recovery Plan

3. Implementation Plan
Species Status Assessment 

1. Introduction2. Species Needs

a. Species Needs by Life Stage

b. Population Attributes

3. Species Current Condition

a. Controlling Factors by Life Stageb. Causal Relationships (individual, population, species)

4. Future Condition and Species Viability

a. Probable Future Environmental Condition

b. Species Viability (Resiliency, Redundancy, Representation)
Recovery Plan
 

1. Title Page2. Disclaimer3. Acknowledgements4. Executive Summary

5. Background6. Recovery Strategy

a. Recovery Unitsb. Goals and Objectives

c. Actions and Criteria

7. Literature Cited

8. Appendices
Implementation Plan
 

1. Action Number: step‐down outline

2. Action Priority: most important/necessary

3. Action Description: step‐down narrative

4. Action Duration: total duration of action

5. “Responsible Parties”6. Time and Costs: total and annual
Process for Change in Species Listing Statu

Step 1: Complete a Species Status Assessment

• Species Needs• Species Current Condition

• Species Future Condition and Viability

• Not a decision making document—provides USFWS with technical information for a 5‐yr Rev

• Timeframe: 5‐6 months

Step 2: USFWS conducts a 5‐yr Status Review

• Species Biology• Habitat Conditions• Conservation Measures• Threat Status And Trends

• Other New Information, Data, Or Corrections• This is a decision document—USFWS determines if a change in listing status is warranted

• Timeframe: 2 months from completion of the SSA

Step 3a: Status Change is Warranted Step 3b: Status Change is not W

• Proceed to Rulemaking / Develop a Downlisting Package • Revise SSA when new information is ava

• Timeframe: 12 – 18 months
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Recovery Planning Schedule
 

Meetings and Tasks

2015 2016 

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan F

Meeting #1: Strategy 18 DenMeeting #2 SSA 10 – 11 SLCSpecies Status Assess.

Meeting #3 Recovery PlanDraft Recovery Plan

Meeting #4 Implement PlanDraft Implementation Plan

Meeting #5 – Draft Plans

Tech. Draft ReviewInternal Draft Review

Public Draft ReviewDraft Final Recovery Plan