When congress passed the endangered species act (ESA) in 1973, IT recognized that our rich natural heritage is of esthetic, ecological, educational, recreational, and scientific value to our nation…

When congress passed the endangered species act (ESA) in 1973, IT recognized that our rich natural heritage is of esthetic, ecological, educational, recreational, and scientific value to our nation and its people. IT further expressed concern that many of our nations native plants and animals were in danger of becoming extinct. The award objectives serve the public purpose by improving the science and technology of how endangered fish species are monitored. By monitoring the impacts of management decisions and methods on the species, science can help formulate decisions that will improve the species likelihood of survival. The objectives of developing, testing, analyzing, operating and maintaining, and data compilation, supports the purposes of the ESA and ultimately serve the citizens for which IT was created. This scope of work (SOW) describes work the recipient shall perform between FY24 and FY28 to recover colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker in the SAN juan river basin. The projects in this SOW support recovery of these fishes through monitoring fish populations and habitat mitigation work in the SAN juan basin. All the work described in this scope is supported by the sjrip and fits under the elements and actions described in the sjrip long range plan, which is a plan developed by the sjrip to identify actions to be implemented in basin that will contribute to recovery of the endangered species. These elements include:1. Management and augmentation of populations of colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker. 2. Protection, management, and augmentation of habitat. 3. Management of nonnative aquatic species. 4. Monitoring and evaluation of fish and habitat in support of recovery actions. 5. Program coordination and assessment of progress toward recovery. 6. Information and educationspecifically, the recipient will complete six tasks under this SOW. These tasks are as follows:task 1: facilitated passage and translocation of razorback sucker over piute farms waterfalltask 2: facilitated passage and translocation of razorback sucker over piute farms waterfalltask 3. Facilitated passage and translocation of colorado pikeminnow over piute farms waterfalltask 4. Demographic monitoring of colorado pikeminnow and razorback suckertask 5. Colorado pikeminnow broodstock collectionstask 6: habitat management and restoration for razorback sucker and colorado pikeminnow