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"from Rtiedieachjear since,1989 <br />" Thisiist willberediicedLOlhi'ee" uilile" ra previo,' us agieerpent;'the:: <br />'JXl'" SSi,b, Ie s,i,tes"byf,alI,..,:.,'., ',"," .,."..,....,:.."',",: " <br />" 'additioria.1releases; whieliwOuld <br />'"The fmal deciSion onwhelher and, 'bring ihis year'siotall020,OOO <br />where to build a hatchery will rest ' 'acre-fei:t~ areexpec~d toimprov(ithi <br />wi ih the ."..' Colorado,. < Waler · . AuguSi-lO~OctObeihabiuii ~ondiiiol1s <br />'Conservatiori,Board;. Cillorado ',' "oflheColerildoiqiiawfishand razar~, <br />Divisionof Wildlife,arid Recovery 'baClisuckerin ihe:'15-iiinereach~: or <br />Prograinadininistnitors~. ',... ",.,'i ,'",.' ','. ',", .,lhe Coioriido River betWei:riPaliSaoe <br />GeileUCs siuilyaii chubs 'i. ',..',"..,.,,', ,"a~dGranil JUJiCtlol1, Cola, Pu1;>Ji~ <br />,<Recdv~ryand mariagemenidftile . "'meetirtgs Were held lriGlenwdo(j .., <br />endangeredhumpbaekandbonytail". Spiil1gsin' earlyJulytodlsctisS ihi' <br />ehubS has been hinilereaby qiiestionS ,,'proJXlsed re1eases;whichViouldbegui <br />regarilinglheiaxeriomy, (das~itka" ".in.Augusto/' thisyear;'l11eS~rvice <br /> <br />Wil1,'~~rk. ~i~.'.iti~t~I{)~ado\Va~er <br />CoJiservaiion Board to proteCt theSe, <br />releaseS,' " ,,', <br /> <br />. ""0: .... .......::...::. :.... .".: .:".:":... <br />1ils:iw~i1<plaii'. ,'..' ,'./X ...'...".'.',., <br />,,' <,'''heRecovery Program received <br />more,than50propositls for ~,9)riil' <br />Ilon sludiesalldietoveryaciiyitieS for <br />.,'PlscalYearI992;we expeCttq'have <br />'il boui$2: 6 Ol ilii onav ailab Ii: ;1he <br />.' Managemerit', .','Committee.has <br />.' revie.,.,eo recommeridalionsoftbe, <br />',<'biology;watcraqtiisiiion and illfor' , <br />" maiJonandeducatioti'coinmiiteesalld <br />,has SubriiitWI itS recommenlledwonc. <br /> <br />.'..'.t~;t~~~;r:J~~11~~~~:~!~ri. <br /> <br />Western politicians push for extra $200,(XX) to save rare fish <br /> <br />By Connie Young <br />Public Information Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />Both houses of Congress have <br />endorsed proJXlsals to give a boost of <br />$200,000 or more to the Recovery <br />Program for Endangered Fish of lhe <br />Upper Colorado River Basin, The <br />U,S, Senate and House of <br />Representatives proJXlsed lhe budget <br />increase far the U,S, Fish and Wildlife <br />Service in lheir versions of lhe 1992 <br />Appropiiations Bill. <br />The additional funding was includ- <br />ed after key members of Congress in <br />the West, Republicans and Democrats <br />alike, signed letlers requesting the <br />funding, The dual purpose af the <br />Recovery Program - recovering <br />endangered fish and developing water <br />resources - is probabl y !he key factor <br /> <br />in the program's broad, bi-partisan <br />political suppan, said Recovery <br />Program Director John Hamill, <br />"nus program is seen as good not <br />only for lhe envirornnent but also for <br />water development," Hamill said, <br />'''The fact lhat people at opposite ends <br />of lhe political spectnun signed lhese <br />letters is remarkable," <br />Every U,S, senator in Colarado. <br />Utah and Wyoming signed letters <br />requesting the funding, These senators <br />were: Tim Wirth (D-Colo,), Hank <br />Brown (R-Colo,), Orrin Hatch (R- <br />Utah), Jake Gam (R-Utab), Malcolm <br />Wallop (R-Wyo,) and Alan Simpson <br />(R- Wyo,), A similar letter also was <br />signed by eight U,S, representatives: <br />Dan Schaefer (R-Colo,), Pat <br />Schroeder (D-Colo,), David Skaggs <br />(D-Colo,), Ben Nighlhorse Campbell <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />(D-Colo,), Wayne Allard (R-Colo,), <br />James Hansen (R-Utah), Wayne <br />Owens (D-Utah) and William Orton <br />(D-Utah), <br /> <br />"The states. the Bureau of <br />Reclamation and water users are com- <br />mitted to the Recovery Program sa <br />that additional development of our <br />water resources can be accomplished <br />consistent with the Endangered <br />Species Act," Nighthorse Campbell <br />said. <br /> <br />The letters were signed at the <br />request of water developers, state <br />agencies and environmental groups, In <br />lhe letters. lhe Recovery Program is <br />called "a model for the nation in the <br />resolution of conflict between devel- <br />opment activities and preservation and <br />recovery of endangered species," <br />