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<br />be provided by the federal government, 15 percent by the states and 35 percent by the power <br />users, Several options will be presented in the bill for determining the source of power <br />revenue contributions. The bill would be limited to providing funding for implementation of <br />capital projects such as building fish ladders, acquiring water and water rights, acquiring and <br />restoring flood plain habitats and constructing and operating hatchery facilities. The bill <br />would not affect annual funding for the program. <br /> <br />Action: <br />Date: <br /> <br />Draft bill to be sent out for public review. <br />April I, 1996. <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Implementation Committee meets to review draft bill and recommendations <br />of the ad hoc funding committee. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional <br />Office, 134 Union Blvd" Lakewood, Colo" 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Room to <br />be announced. <br />May 21, 1996. <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Ad hoc committee to meet to review comments on the draft bill and to <br />prepare the bill for consideration by Congress. Denver International <br />Airport, Continental Airlines Presidents Club, Concourse A, 8:30 a.m. to <br />4 p,m. Meeting room to be determined. <br />May 23, 1996. <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Governors of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico to transmit bill <br />to Congress. <br />Mid-June 1996, <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Questions? <br /> <br />Please call John Hamill at (303) 236-2985, ex!. 223. <br /> <br />Recovery Action Plan <br /> <br />The Recovery Implementation Program Recovery Action Plan (RIPRAP) identifies actions <br />believed necessary to recover endangered fish in the upper Colorado River basin. The <br />RIPRAP is updated annually and serves as a guide for all program planning, research and <br />recovery efforts. Accomplishing RIPRAP objectives serves as a reasonable and prudent <br />alternative to "jeopardy" decisions on upper basin water depletion projects that are <br />undergoing Fish and Wildlife Service consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species <br />Act. The RIPRAP is an adaptive management plan that is reviewed and revised annually. <br />The Program's Implementation Committee approved the most recent revisions March 11, <br />1996, <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Program director to send revised RIPRAP to Recovery Program <br />participants and interested parties for final review, <br />February 1997, <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />14 <br />