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<br />. <br /> <br />Extending the Recovery Program beyond 2003 - Program participants <br />have been discussing how best to do this over the past year, With <br />regards to Program participants providing annual funding after 2003, <br />Wyoming is willing to sign an extension saying they'll provide the <br />necessary in-kind contributions for their full participation in the <br />Program, but they're not willing to sign one that says they'll <br />contribute a set dollar amount each year, The Management <br />Committee may need to develop a process to resolve differences on <br />this issue, The Committee will discl/ss the issues sl/rrol/nding how to <br />extend the Recovery Program beyond the 2003 date ill the cl/rrent <br />Cooperative Agreement, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Program participants will travel to Washington, D,C, April 21-28 to brief <br />Congressional representatives (as well as Department ofInterior personnel and <br />environmental groups) on progress in the Program and inform them of the Program's <br />FY 2000 budget requests. <br /> <br />. The FY 99 Work Plan was approved by the Implementation Committee on <br />September 10, and implementation has been underway since that time, <br />Funding transfer agreements, which fell behind schedule last year, were <br />initiated and completed on time this year. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Service Section 6 Funding: The allocation of Section 6 funds to the Mountain <br />Prairie region of the Fish and Wildlife Service continues to shrink, The Service <br />would like to re-evaluate their annual commitment $200,000 in Section 6 funds to <br />the Program when the Program gets long-term funding. Ralph MorgelTWeck will <br />discl/ss his cOllcems about the impact of the $200,000 commitment OIl other <br />Regional endangered species priorities, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Program participants' web site has been up and running since December. This <br />password-protected site has much more detailed information that the general <br />Program web site Contents include: upcoming meeting dates and times; meeting <br />agendas and summaries; a bibliography ofthe Program library; the RlPRAP; and <br />numerous other Program documents, This site is a key part of the Program's <br />electronic communications and is continuously being updated and expanded, The <br />Program Director's office also is working on developing a comprehensive, web- <br />based tracking system for program activities including research, Recovery Action <br />Plan items, final reports, etc, <br /> <br />7 <br />