Colorado River Recovery

10/01/2025

Due to the federal government shutdown, this account is not being actively updated.
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Operations in the Absence of Appropriations

07/31/2023

Thanks to all of you who are interested in our recovery efforts. We are excited to be working on a new outreach strategy that incorporates information about our programs in pages managed by our partners to help as many people as possible learn about our species. While working on these broader strategies, we will deactivate this page. Thanks again to all of you for your interest in our Program!

02/04/2023

FWS has chosen the razorback sucker as the FWS Fish of the Week because of all the amazing things that happened in the Recovery Program's wetlands this fall.

Tildon Jones was kind enough to sit down with the podcasters and you can listen here:

‎Show Fish of the Week!, Ep Razorback Sucker: Colorado River Livin' - Jan 29, 2023

01/04/2023

Great things afoot at the Maybell Diversion:

The Maybell Diversion provides irrigation water to 18 agricultural producers on the Lower Yampa River, a tributary to the Green and Colorado Rivers. This re...

10/25/2021

In the Saturday Denver Post
https://denverpost-co-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=297f6cfee_1345f73

10/19/2021

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/humpback-chub-now-a-threatened-not-endangered-fish/article_1df6522a-2dcc-11ec-9203-2f422e803656.html

A rapids-loving, odd-looking native fish found locally in the Colorado River is now officially considered to be at a reduced risk of extinction.

10/19/2021

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/this-odd-colorado-river-fish-faces-an-uncertain-future

The plucky humpback chub has weathered dams and invasive species, but climate change and a dwindling river flow pose new threats.

10/19/2021

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/10/humpback-chub-reclassified-threatened-under-endangered-species-act

The humpback chub, a native to the Colorado River basin that long has struggled to survive, has made enough progress to be reclassified as a threatened, not endangered, species under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

10/15/2021

Humpback chub is swimming closer to recovery! Thanks to our partners and based upon the best available science, we’re reclassifying humpback chub from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. We and our partners continue working to fully recover this unique freshwater fish in the Colorado River: https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pressrel/2021/10152021-Humpback-Chub-Endangered-Threatened-Status.php

10/01/2021

We are excited to announce that the Program Biologist position with the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program at the New Mexico Ecological Service Field Office in Albuquerque, NM has been announced today. We are recruiting as widely as possible in hopes of finding the right person for the position. Please pass this on to anyone you know who may qualify and be interested, and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

This position is being advertised under two separate announcements, one for government employees and one for members of the public. Both announcements are open today Friday, October 1, 2021 with a closing date of Thursday, October 14, 2021. Links are below.

MR-21-11245937-LP-DE (Public): https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/616012800

MR-21-11245938-LP-MP (Gov't-wide): https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/616013600

These positions are Fish and Wildlife Biologist, GS- 0401-9/11. This position is also open to the public under announcement MR-21-11245937-LP-DE. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.....