Common use of Importance Clause in Contracts

Importance. The Green River system supports populations of humpback chub and Colorado pikeminnow, and it historically supported populations of bonytail and razorback sucker. The importance of the Green River to the endangered fishes has been established by the Recovery Program and recognized by many biologists. The Colorado Squawfish [Pikeminnow] Recovery Plan (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1991) listed the Green River as the highest priority area for recovery of the species, and the recovery goals (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2002c) consider the Green River subbasin as the center of the Upper Basin Colorado pikeminnow metapopulation. Habitat in Desolation and Gray canyons supports a self-sustaining humpback chub population, and the last known riverine concentration of wild bonytail was in the Green River within Dinosaur National Monument (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990a, 1990b, 2002a, 2002b). Recovery plans for humpback chub (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990a) and bonytail (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990b) identified the Green River in Desolation and Gray canyons and in Dinosaur National Monument as important to recovery. Until recently, the Green River supported the last known riverine concentration of wild razorback sucker (Xxxxxxx and Xxxx 1989; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1998, 2002d).

Importance. The Green River system supports populations of humpback chub and chub, Colorado pikeminnow, and razorback sucker, and it historically supported populations of bonytail and razorback suckerbonytail. The importance of the Green River to the endangered fishes has been established by the Recovery Program and recognized by many biologists. The Colorado Squawfish [Pikeminnow] Recovery Plan (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1991) listed the Green River as the highest priority area for recovery of the species, and the recovery goals (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2002c) consider the Green River subbasin as the center of the Upper Basin Colorado pikeminnow metapopulation. Habitat in Desolation and Gray canyons supports a self-sustaining humpback chub population, and the last known riverine concentration of wild bonytail was in the Green River within Dinosaur National Monument (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990a, 1990b, 2002a, 2002b). Recovery plans for humpback chub (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990a) and bonytail (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990b) identified the Green River in Desolation and Gray canyons and in Dinosaur National Monument as important to recovery. Until recently, the The Green River supported supports the last largest known riverine concentration wild population of wild razorback sucker in their natural riverine habitat (Xxxxxxx and Xxxx 1989; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1998, 2002d).