BOARD00038 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 9/20/2006
• Description: WSP Section - San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program Document Revisions
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Program Committees

Coordination Committee

The purpose of the Coordination Committee is to assure that the goals of the Program are
achieved in a timely manner. The Coordination Committee is responsible for the establishment of
Program policies, direction, procedures and organization. The Coordination Committee will
approve annual work plans and budgets, perform conflict resolution and all other Program
management responsibilities not specified herein. The Coordination Committee is the principal
point of contact for all requests to the Program.

Participants in the Program will have the right to one voting representative on the Coordination
Committee (multiple representatives representing a single participant will share the single vote
allotted to that participant). The Service's Region 2 Regional Director or the Director's designee
will chair the Coordination Committee. A quorum is two-thirds of the appointed committee
membership. On all issues except Program participation, the Committee will function by
two-thirds vote of the committee membership. Unresolved issues will be referred for resolution
to the Signatories of the Cooperative Agreement and to the appropriate authorities in the case of
participants added to the Program without signing the Cooperative Agreement. Under this
Program, all participants will work cooperatively to ensure the successful implementation of the
recovery actions. If, however, any participant is unable to support the Program or components of
it, or finds the recommendations of the Coordination Committee not justified, it will report its
position to the Coordination Committee in writing. The Coordination Committee will be given
sufficient time to resolve any problems.

Although the Secretary of the Interior, through the Service, is responsible for administering the
Endangered Species Act, each federal agency is bound by the requirements of the Act.
Additionally, as evident by the execution of the Cooperative Agreement and this Program, each
federal, state and tribal participant is committed to the conservation and recovery of the San Juan
River Basin populations of Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker. In order to provide the
organizational focus to facilitate cooperative efforts, the Service will direct its efforts to assuring
the full and cooperative consideration of all agency views, responsibilities and constraints in the
analysis of project impacts and recovery potential.

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Biology Committee

The Biology Committee reports to the Coordination Committee. The Biology Committee is
responsible for:
1. assessing the biological needs of the endangered fish species and identifying research
needs in support of recovery elements;

2. evaluating program activities and monitoring plans;

3. identifying, evaluating and recommending potential recovery actions;

4. identifying and reviewing research activities;

5. providing technical assistance to the Program Coordinator for the assessment of progress
of the Program;

6. developing an annual list of priority projects for the development of the annual Work
Plan; and

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