Feb 28, 2024 | Program Stories
Michael Partlow with UDWR proudly holds his 2024 Researcher of the Year Award. Photo by USFWS It is our pleasure to announce Michael Partlow from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) as the recipient of the distinguished 2024 Researcher of the Year Award from... 
Dec 8, 2023 | Program Stories
Photo: High spring 2023 flows of the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado River, round the corner of Bonita Bend in Canyonlands National Park. Photo by Paul Badame, USFWS DENVER — Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the availability... 
Nov 17, 2023 | News Articles
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologist Sam Brockdorff holds a native razorback sucker before tagging and releasing it into the Colorado River. Photo by Katie Creighton/DWR Native fish boomed around Moab this year, data suggest High water likely helped razorback... 
Nov 9, 2023 | Program Stories
Happy Colorado 5th graders learn about endangered fish while puckering up to kiss a rare razorback sucker at the Upper Yampa Water Conservation District Youth Water Festival with Mike Gross from Ouray National Fish Hatchery-Grand Valley Unit. Hayden,... 
Sep 29, 2023 | Program Stories
Photo: Taylor Horn releases a Colorado pikeminnow captured in the Redlands Diversion fish ladder. The fish was released back into the Gunnison River roughly 40 miles upriver of the dam at Escalante Canyon. Photo by Dana Shellhorn, USFWS DENVER — Today, the U.S. Fish... 
Sep 13, 2023 | Program Stories
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Wild Podcast In this episode, DWR Recovery Programs Director Sarah Seegert and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Upper Colorado River Recovery Program Deputy Director Paul Badame talk about two unique and collaborative programs that... 
Aug 2, 2023 | Program Stories
Razorback sucker SALT LAKE CITY — The Endangered Species Act was enacted in 1973 to establish protections for fish, wildlife and plants in the U.S. It has prevented the extinction of hundreds of imperiled species and promoted the recovery of many others. With the ESA... 
May 22, 2023 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
The Palisade High School Fish Hatchery team make funny fish faces after successfully releasing the student raised endangered fish into the Colorado River. Photo by Mikaela Oles U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service By Michael Gross- Upper Colorado River... 
Apr 3, 2023 | Program Stories, Stories from the Field
In March, this young bonytail was captured in Lake Powell. Catching a bonytail is always a rare event, but this time it’s even more interesting because this little one is only about 5 months old and was stocked in the lake as a very small young-of-year about 2-3... 
Feb 24, 2023 | News Articles, Program Stories
A story from the Moab Times-IndependentPublished February 2023 by the Moab Times-Independent The Green River razorback sucker population got a significant boost in numbers of wild-spawned juvenile fish, thanks largely to the ongoing efforts of the Bureau of...Nov 30, 2022 | Program Stories
After many months of effort, the draft Colorado Pikeminnow Recovery Plan is ready for review on the Fish and Wildlife Website. The plan will be open for a 60-day public comment period. Recovery Plans are non-regulatory documents that act as a guidebook towards a... 
Nov 4, 2022 | Program Stories
In spring 2022, the Bureau of Reclamation determined that 500,000 acre-feet of water needed to be released from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to keep water in Lake Powell above the minimum power plant level. The releases allowed biologists with the Upper Colorado River...Jun 7, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
Zach Fitzner – Earth.com staff writer- Palisade High School, a twenty minute drive from where I live in Colorado, has something unusual – a fish hatchery. When I read about this, I had to visit the school to see for myself. Razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus),...May 16, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
Colorado State University Office of Engagement and Alpine Bank- David Miller of Alpine bank still treasures the values he learned as a 4-H participant growing up in New York. It’s those values, he says, that fueled his commitment to help develop an innovative high...May 16, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
NBC11 Grand Junction, Colorado Palisade , Colorado (KKCO) – Students from Palisade High School’s Fish Hatchery Program released 250 razorback sucker fish into the Colorado River at Riverbend Park, which they’ve raised since last fall. Razorback suckers were once...May 13, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
CBS4 Denver PALISADE, Colorado Think of the bottom feeder sucker fish in a tank, lips suctioned to the glass, cleaning an aquarium nonstop. Now make that fish 3 to 4 feet long, possibly 30+ pounds, and witing for a big kiss and you have the razorback sucker. Click...May 13, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
Editorial – Grand Junction Sentinel May 11, 2022 Last Wednesday, students from Palisade High School released about 250 razorback suckers into the Colorado River to bolster that population of endangered fish. It was made possible through a unique program the...Apr 7, 2022 | Program Stories, Stories from the Field
Zach Podomore, Salt Lake Tribune- A waterfall could soon form on the Colorado River as Lake Powell drops. A potential barrier to rafters, would a waterfall benefit endangered fish? An existing waterfall on the San Juan River provides some hints. Piute Farms Waterfall-...Apr 6, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
Michael Gross, Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program April 5, 2022- Student fish culturists Charlotte Allen, Kale Potter, Kyle Roten and John Hoppe and science teacher/hatchery manager Pat Steele from the Palisade High School Endangered Fish Hatchery...Feb 14, 2022 | PHS Hatchery, Program Stories
Michael Gross, USFWS Every project, no matter the scale or the impact, takes true grit and perseverance to see through. The development of a hatchery at Palisade High School (PHS) is no exception. A dedicated group of students and teachers planned and raised money to... 