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Buettner said the meetings are
part of ongoing process that’s expected to
culminate in 2010 with release of a revised
sucker recovery plan. He said
significant changes to the existing plan are
likely because of information gathered since
1993 and better understandings of sucker
populations.
Meetings set to plan recovery of sucker
species
Efforts to rebuild
shortnose and Lost River sucker populations
will be discussed at a pair of meetings this
week.
Today’s meeting is
intended to discuss recovery criteria for
reviving populations of the two species of
sucker, which are both listed under the
federal Endangered Species Act.
Mark Buettner, a
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fisheries
biologist, said sucker recovery team members
will meet today with representatives from
the Desert Research Institute, the company
contracted to update the recovery plan
developed in 1993.
Thursday’s session
will include stakeholders, such as
representatives from the Klamath Tribes,
PacifiCorp, Water Watch,
water users, Klamath Rangeland Trust, Nature
Conservancy and various federal agencies.
Eric Janney of the U.S. Geological Survey
will report on demographic analyses of
suckers and considerations for recovery.
The recovery plan will provide
recommendations and guidance to agencies
about specific recovery actions. During this
week’s and other meetings, the group is
expected to determine specific management
actions and
determine costs for sucker recovery.
The groups also hope to determine
populations when each of the two species can
be regarded as no longer threatened or
endangered.
Buettner said the process is
moving slowly because of the complexity of
rebuilding fish populations and the possible
controversy of proposed solutions. Future
team
meetings are tentatively planned in May and
October, with a public session in May 2010
and release of recovery team recommendations
later that year.
Klamath Tribes
members said the fish species are culturally
important to the Tribes, and emphasize they
were traditionally harvested as a food
source until populations began to decline.
The shortnose and
Lost River Sucker Recovery Team will meet
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today at the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service office, 1936
California Ave., to discuss recovery
criteria and tasks.
A second meeting
will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday
at the F&WS office and will bring together a
larger group of stakeholders and the
Recovery Implementation Committee.
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