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Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Balancing Resource Use and Conservation

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RESTORATION

DOI Youth Initiative Develops Valuable Conservation Skills for Young People Working on LCR MSCP Projects

In the spring of 2010, the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Reclamation would fund a $1.1 million youth initiative to provide opportunities to America’s young people to participate in various conservation projects throughout the western United States.

WILDLIFE

LCR MSCP Staff Endure Long Nights, Mosquito Swarms to Track Elf Owls

It attacks at night making no noise.  Its “silent flight” is the result of muffled wing beats, which are softened by feathers on the leading edges of its wings.  This silence enables the creature to capture and kill its prey without causing alarm, eliminating a chance for escape or evasive action.

FISHERIES

Goal Exceeded in Annual Lake Mohave Larval Razorback Sucker Collection

What started out as pioneering work initiated by a small group of fisheries biologists known as the Native Fish Work Group (NFWG) has now become the cornerstone of the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program’s (LCR MSCP) Fish Augmentation Plan