Bonneville Basin Area Report

Authors: Krissy W. Wilson

Year: 2010 (xlii)

Abstract

I present a brief summary of activities for this year associated with native aquatic species in the Bonneville Basin. The June Sucker, Chasmistes liorus, Recovery Program continues to be very active. Approximately 30,000 (200 mm TL) June sucker were reintroduced into Utah Lake as part of recovery efforts. June sucker are propagated from brood stock held at Utah Division of Wildlife Resources hatchery facility at the Fisheries Experiment Station (FES), Logan, Utah. Record numbers of June sucker are returning to the Utah Lake tributaries to spawn. Least chub, Iotichthys phlegethontis, was petitioned to list in 2008. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s 12-month finding was released in June 2010 as warranted but precluded. The states of Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, and Idaho and Federal agencies form the rangewide team for the northern leatherside chub, Lepidomeda copei. The northern leatherside was also petitioned to list and is undergoing a 12-month status review. The southern leatherside chub, Lepidomeda aliciae team has finalized the Southern Leatherside Chub Conservation Agreement and Strategy supported by signatory agencies solely in Utah.