Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-3-2022

First Page

1

Last Page

78

Abstract

In this report we present a conservation, restoration and monitoring plan for the lower White River, a major tributary of the Green River. The plan is intended to help guide conservation, restoration and management of the lower White River over the next several decades and is also developed as an adaptive management plan to facilitate learning. The recommended conservation and restoration actions are intended to maintain and enhance native riparian vegetation and instream habitat for native desert fishes including federally endangered Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), federally endangered Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Speckled Dace (Rhinichthys osculus), Bluehead Sucker (Catostomus discobolus), Flannelmouth Sucker (C. latipinnis), and Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta). ~~Many mammals, amphibians, migratory birds, and raptors that use the riparian zone or migrate through the riverscape are also anticipated to benefit from the plan. The recommended conservation and restoration actions are based on the best available information regarding the current ecological and geomorphic conditions and restoration recovery potential. We prioritized reaches for conservation and restoration actions using expert opinion and field validation, riparian vegetation density and instream and riparian habitat condition and complexity data. We recommend an experimental design for implementation of conservation and restoration actions. Combined with monitoring, the experimental design is aimed at identifying the most successful conservation and restoration actions for maintaining complex instream habitat and a healthy native riparian community.

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