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<br />uu.n41 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I. <br />, <br /> <br />Colorado River Endanl!ered Fish Soecies <br /> <br />The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP) Steering <br />Committee met briefly during the tour in Yuma, Arizona, on April 29, 1998, and adopted the Year- <br />Two budget in the amount oUI, 721,064 for the program year. As you recall, the Year- Two budget <br />will continue to fund the plan development, facilitation and long-term funding contracts as well as <br />interim conservation measures and administrative services from the National Fish and Wildlife <br />Foundation. You will also recall, that the program is funded with fifty percent by federal <br />contributions and fifty percent by non-federal contributions. The non-federal contributions are <br />provided voluntarily by water and power entities in Arizona, California, and Nevada with interests <br />in Colorado River resources. <br /> <br />The second half of the LCR MSCP tour was conducted on April 27 - 30, 1998. Over one <br />hundred people participated in all or part of the tour. Most of the entities making up the LCR MSCP <br />Steering Committee were represented, along with many other agencies or individuals with interests <br />in the Lower Colorado River. The purpose of the tour was to familiarize the Steering Committee <br />members and program participants with various water diversion facilities, and the fish and wildlife <br />habitat from south of the Palo Verde Diversion Dam to the Southerly International Boundary with <br />Mexico. The tour participants received presentations on the operation of the Palo Verde Diversion <br />Dam, Imperial Dam and desilting facility, and the Yuma Desalting Plant. The tour also visited the <br />Cibola and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges where it received presentations on wetland and <br />riparian habitat improvement, as well as, observing a razorback sucker rearing pond. The tour also <br />received presentations from both Mexican and United States non-governmental officials regarding <br />the Colorado River Delta fish and wildlife resources. <br /> <br />Lower Colorado Water Sunnlv Proiect <br /> <br />There has been no activity related to the Lower Colorado Water Supply Project since the <br />August 1997 Board meeting. As you recall, the Lower Colorado Water Supply Project was <br />authorized by the Congress in 1986 to provide 10,000 acre-feet of water per year, on an exchange <br />basis, to Colorado River mainstream non-agricultural users in California who either did not have <br />existing rights or had insufficient rights to satisfy their water supply needs. The Colorado River <br />Board has been charged with the responsibility of establishing a "priority list" of users who would <br />be eligible to receive water from this Project. Included in the Board folder is a copy of a letter from <br />Reclan.ation to me transmitting a request to place Douglas Naylor on the priority list for 20 acre-feet <br />ofProjecl water. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinitv Control Prol!J'arn <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum has scheduled its next meeting on <br />Wednesday June 17, 1998, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. <br /> <br />4 <br />