Utah Project
BLM & BoR: Innovative and Adaptive Desert River Restoration
January 2018 - June 2022
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- Bureau of Land Management
- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
- Desert Fishes Habitat Counsel
- WRI - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Important tributaries to the UCR have been impacted by hydrological alterations, habitat fragmentation, and non-native woody riparian vegetation establishment. In the lower river areas, spring snowmelt floods have declined in magnitude and duration due to water capture in the upper portion of the basin.
The overall objective and mission of this proposed restoration and monitoring project is to guide conservation and recovery efforts targeted to imperiled and endemic fish species and riparian corridors in desert tributaries of the upper Colorado River Basin. This project represents ongoing efforts initiated on the San Rafael in 2006 and is part of an effective partnership between the BLM, Utah State University, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) and the Bureau of Reclamation (BoR). This partnership is dedicated to science-driven and innovative desert river restoration. Our project has direct benefits to natural resource management and invasive species prevention.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Walsworth, T.E., and P. Budy. 2015. Integrating non-native species in niche models to prioritize native fish restoration activity locations along a desert river corridor. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 144:667–681. USGS IP-034122. | March 2015 |
| Budy, P., M. M. Conner, N.L. Salant, and W. Macfarlane. 2015. An Occupancy-based Assessment of Regional Vulnerability. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12513 USGS FSP: IP-049189. | January 2015 |
| Bottcher, J.L., T.E. Walsworth, G.P. Thiede, P. Budy, and D. Speas. 2013. Frequent Usage of Tributaries by the Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin: Observations from the San Rafael River, Utah. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Management Brief. Online DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2013.785993. | Abstract | May 2013 |
| Technical Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Budy, P., T. Walsworth, and G.P. Thiede. 2010. Habitat needs, movement patterns, and vital rates of endemic Utah fishes in a tributary to the Green River, Utah. 2009 Annual Report to the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region. UTCFWRU 2010(1):1-45. | May 2010 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Doden, E., Budy, P., and Young, J.K. 2020. A tale of two beavers: Are translocated beavers as effective as resident beavers in desert river restoration? Contributed oral presentation. The Wildlife Society National Conference 27 September – 1 October, 2020. Louisville, KY. | October 2020 |
| Theses and Dissertations | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Walsworth, Timothy. 2011. A patch approach to understanding the effect of stream degradation on food web and population structure of imperiled desert fishes. MS Thesis. Ecology, Utah State University. | September 2011 |
| Remiszewksi, T. 2022. Extreme, Positive Geomorphic Change in a Historically Degraded Desert River: Implications for Imperiled Fishes. M.S. Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT. | November 2022 |
| Botcher, Jared. 2009. Habitat needs, movement patterns, and vital rates of endemic fishes in the tributaries to the Green River, UT. MS Thesis. Utah State University, 61 pages. | October 2009 |