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Recovery Plan Action Status

Plan Name: Recovery Plan for Pecos Gambusia
Plan Status: Final
Plan Date: 09-May-83
Lead Agency: USFWS
Lead Office: Austin Ecological Services Field Office ( (512) 490-0057 )
Species Action Priority # Action # Action Description Action Status Est. Initiation Date Est. Completion Date Responsible Parties Work Type Labor Type Action Comments Implementation Activities
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 2 1 Maintain and enhance population and habitat Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 2 1.1 Monitor populations Ongoing Not Current Prior to FY 1995 Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Population Monitoring Labor type not yet selected Composed of tasks 1.1 to 1.12
Activity Number Description Status Est. Initiation Date Est. Completion Date Responsible Parties Work Type Labor Type Comments Species
1.1-1 Multi-year section 6 study "Conservation Status of Comanche Springs Pupfish (Cyprinidon elegans) and Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) in the ciénegas of Balmorhea State Park, Texas" Ongoing Current FY 2009 N/A Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected The goal of this mulit-year project is to (1) to assess the current conservation status of the endangered Comanche Springs pupfish and Pecos gambusia in the ciénegas at Balmorhea State Park, Texas, (2) to assess the value of restored critical habitats for the conservation of these taxa, and (3) establish ecosystem-based management and conservation strategies for endemic taxa of desert ciénegas.
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 1.2 Evaluate, protect, and enhance marginal habitat Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Labor type not yet selected Composed of tasks 1.2 to 1.23
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 2 1.3 Regulate introduction of other fishes Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Predator and Competitor Control Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 1.4 Preclude immigration of novel fishes Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Predator and Competitor Control Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 1.5 Study ecological factors Not Started USFWS Regional Office 2, Research , Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Research: General Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 1.6 Determine systematics of G. nobilis Not Started USFWS Regional Office 2, Research Research: Taxonomic Studies Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 1.7 Remove exotic fishes Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Predator and Competitor Control Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2 Reintroduce G. nobilis into historic range Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.1 Survey habitats prior to reintroduction sites Not Started USFWS Regional Office 2, Research , Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.2 Select reintroduction sites Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.3 Enhance potential reintroduction sites Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.4 Reintroduce G. nobilis Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.5 Monitor reintroductions Not Started USFWS Regional Office 2, Research , Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected Will not occur before FY86
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.6 Reintroduce sympatric native fishes Not Started Management, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Other Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 2.7 Establish stocks of G. nobilis for mosquito control Not Started Region 2 Propagation, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Reintroduction Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 3 Disseminate information Not Started Region 2 education, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Other: Information and Education Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 3.1 Public information Not Started Region 2 education, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Other: Information and Education Labor type not yet selected Composed of tasks 3.11 and 3.12
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 3.2 Professional information Not Started Region 2 education, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Other: Information and Education Labor type not yet selected
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) 3 4 Propagation of G. nobilis Not Started Region 2 education, USFWS Regional Office 2, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Management: Propagation Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance Will continue until G. nobilis is delisted
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