1 Fire impacts (WWB, Silver), WFG project, Willow Creek, Spruce Lineage fish, future plans 2 17 populations 138 km stream MD McKnight Sheep Black Little Upper White WFG/Lang, lower White SD Mogollon Grape Frye Cub Whiskey Upper Lang Iron Spruce Big Dry 3 11 populations impacted by the two fires : McKnight, Black, Whiskey, Langstroth, Cub, White, WFG, Iron, Spruce, Big Dry, Mogollon 8 potential streams impacted: Willow, Mineral, Turkey, Whitewater, SF Whitewater, EF Mogollon, Rain, lower Big Dry 4 5 Pre-WWB: small amount of recruitment, but population dominated by brown trout Temp barrier installed in March 2014 5 surveys since fire (4 full surveys, 1 partial) 2 surveys since we caught a brown trout Stocked fingerlings, age-0 (8-10”), broodstock 6 7 45 km of connected habitat – largest within GT range, very important for GT recovery Restoration completed spring 2010, fish stocked in fall 2010 and 2011. Nonnatives collected in spring 2012 (before fire) Fire burned through watershed in May – July 2012, majority of fish were removed. 8 May 2012: brown + rainbow trout June 2013: fire April 2013: 1 adult rainbow April 2014: browns & hybrids above waterfall July 2014: browns & hybrids upper watershed 9 July 2013 – flooding plugs hole below boulder so that water goes over boulder instead of under it, essentially making the drop off the boulder the barrier. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 8 populations, 59.2 km of stream occupied. Do not meet the downlisting criteria. MD Sheep Corral Little SD Mogollon Grapevine Frye McKenna 18 19 20 21 Main focus of RGCT management in NM. Mention piscicide project. Removal of nntrout –brook, brown, hybrids, rainbows Largest RCGT restoration project in the country Upon completion, this project would comprise a 20% increase occupied stream 22 Vermejo Park Ranch, Carson National Forest Red areas already treated Most have been restocked & have self sustaining populations 2015 -2016 reservoir upstream Terminal barrier construction should begin this fall Remaining treatments following barrier completion 23 24 25