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<br />provide a means for aiding in their recovery and to help preserve and restore viable <br />populations. <br /> <br />Proiect Authorizations <br /> <br />In September 1993, the Colorado Wildlife Commission (CWC) and the CWCB approved <br />a joint resolution (Appendix A) regarding the development and maintenance of a Native <br />Aquatic Species Facility (NASF). In November 1996, the CWC and CWCB approved a <br />joint funding resolution (Appendix B) for the construction and operation of the NASF. <br /> <br />In January 1997, the CWCB recommended a grant to the CDOW of up to $2.0 million for <br />the facility on the condition that the CDOW submit a detailed proposal concerning the <br />facility to include both capital and operating costs and provide the CWCB the <br />opportunity to review all appraisals of property considered for facility use. <br /> <br />In Colorado Session Laws, Chapter 168, Section 11(1), the General Assembly authorized <br />the CWCB to make a grant of not more than $2.0 million from the Fish and Wildlife <br />Resources Account of the CWCB Construction Fund for the development and initial <br />operation of the facility <br /> <br />CDOW funding authorization????? <br /> <br />Memorandum of Understandinl!: <br /> <br />A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the CDOW and the CWCB for <br />development and operation of the facility was drafted in March of 1998 (Appendix C) <br />and was approved by the CWCB on March 10, 1998 with the condition that all feasibility <br />investigations are to be completed to the satisfaction of the Acting Director of the CWCB <br />prior to execution of the MOU. The provisions of the MOU are discussed in Section 4 of <br />this report. <br /> <br />Comorehensive Plan <br /> <br />The MOD discussed in the preceding paragraph provides that the CDOW will prepare a <br />Comprehensive Plan which will describe the process by which the CDOW will identify <br />declining species and develop priorities for habitat improvement and use of the facility <br />within one year of the date of the MOU. Some of the issues which the Comprehensive <br />Plan will address include: <br /> <br />. identifying aquatic (and other water-dependent) species that are declining at <br />significant rates; <br /> <br />. evaluating the potential causes for their decline and the feasibility of reversing that <br />trend; <br /> <br />1-2 <br />