Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Utah
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

1. Characterize landscape-level biological and physical elements of the Upper Colorado River Ecosystem; 2. Organize existing data on selected plant and animal species, including but not limited to migratory birds, listed and sensitive species, fisheries, and important habitats; 3. Identify current and potential stressors potentially affecting the identified landscape-level elements, and the plant and animal species of interest; and 4. Determine and assess possible relationships among stressors, how each is manifest and consequently measurable, and the identified landscape-level elements, and the plant and animal species of interest