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Non-Reimbursable Application -CWCB Construction Fund <br />Form Revised June 2006 <br />3. Pro~~ide a brief description of your organization below: <br />The TC is a legal non-profit entity organized to promote awareness and sponsor solutions to <br />the statewide problem of invasive phreatophyte infestations of the state's riparian areas, <br />particularly Tamarisk and Russian Olive. The TC has worked closely with the CWCB and the <br />Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources to attack this problem on local, regional, state and <br />federal levels. <br />'art B. -Description of the Project or Study <br />1. Name of the study or project: Tamarisk Control Cost-sharing Grant Program <br />2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one. <br />Study <br />x Demonstration project. <br />Rehabilitation or <br />replacement of existing <br />Other (Please describe) <br />3. General location of the study or demonstration project. (Please include county, and approximate distance <br />and direction from the nearest town): <br />Statewide, in all major river basins. <br />4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed study or demonstration project including <br />purpose, need, and service area. (Attach scope of study, if available) <br />The TC has completed inventories and mapping of tamarisk infestations across the state and assisted <br />watershed groups in developing control plans. This approach is called for in the DNR 10 Year Strategic <br />Plan, commissioned by Gov. Bill Owens in 2003. Federal demonstration program legislation has been <br />adopted, but not yet funded. The TC grant program would be complimentary of the federal program, <br />and also provide financial assistance to those watersheds not accepted into the federal program. It is <br />anticipated that the CWCB funds will be matched with federal, local and private funds at a rate of 25% <br />state to 75% other. <br />2 <br />