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<br />IX. Accomplishments/Initial Findings and Shortcomings: All tasks were <br />accomplished; specific accomplishments included: <br /> <br />A. Program Director & Assistant <br /> <br />Provided briefings and status reports on the Recovery Program to <br />numerous agencies and organizations, including: <br />Environmental Groups <br />Water Users <br />The Desert Fishes Council <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Public meetings in Grand Junction and Craig, Colorado. <br />American Fisheries Society <br /> <br />Organized (and attended) Recovery Program briefing trip to <br />Washington, D.C to brief key people in the Department of the <br />Interior, the Office of Management and Budget, national <br />environmental groups, the Congressional delegation from Utah, <br />Wyoming, and Colorado, and the authorizing and appropriation <br />committees for the Fish and Wildlife Service. <br /> <br />Organized the Implementation Committee's January 27, and <br />September 8, 1993 meetings. <br /> <br />Organized and summarized Management Group meetings in November and <br />December 1992, and January, February, March, April, July, and August <br />1993. <br /> <br />Consolidated FY 92 annual project reports submitted by researchers <br />and project leaders. <br /> <br />Coordinated and facilitated implementation of the Recovery Program's <br />FY 93 work plan. <br /> <br />Worked with the technical and Management committees to prepare and <br />issue Implementation Committee guidance for the FY 94 Recovery <br />Program work plan. Provided staff support for development of the <br />$7 million FY 94 work plan consisting of 66 projects. <br /> <br />Participated in meetings to resolve conflicts regarding sufficient <br />progress and historic depletions and develop milestones for <br />measuring progress under the Recovery Program. Revised and <br />finalized the RIPRAP and the Section 7 Agreement <br /> <br />Coordinated Recovery Program work activities in the Service. <br />Allocated FY 93 Recovery Program budget to various Service programs <br />involved in the Recovery Program (FF, FWE, BA, etc.) and contracts <br />(Smithsonian, CDNR). Monitored expenditures of funds by various <br />Service programs/divisions and expended all Service funds in <br />accordance with priorities recommended by the Implementation <br />Committee. <br /> <br />3 <br />