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<br />The Honorable Conrad Burns <br />The Honorable Byron Dorgan <br />March 3, 2005 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />3.' The allocation of $211,000 in "recovery" funds for the San Juan River Basin <br />Recovery Implementation Program to the FWS for fiscal year 2006 to meet FWS Region 2 <br />expenses associated with program manage merit and implementing the San Juan Program's <br />actions. <br /> <br />The enactment of Public Law 106-392, as amended by P.L. 107-375, authorized the <br />Federal Government to provide up to $46 Million of cost sharing for these two ongoing <br />recovery programs' remaining capital construction projects. Raising and stocking of the <br />endangered fish produced at program hatchery facilities, restoring floodplain habitat and fish <br />passage, regulating and supplying instream habitat flows, installing diversion canal screens <br />and controlling nonnative fish populations are key components of the programs' ongoing <br />capital construction projects. Subsection 3( c) of P.L 106-392 authorizes the Secretary of the <br />Interior to accept up to $17 Million of contributed funds from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and <br />New Mexico, and to expend such contributed funds as if appropriated for these projects; and <br />provides for an additional $17 Million to be contributed from revenues derived from the sale <br />of Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) hydroelectric power. This substantial non-federal <br />cost-sharing funding demonstrates the strong commitment and effective partnerships <br />embodied in both of th~se successful programs. The requested federal appropriations are <br />critically important to these efforts moving forward. <br /> <br />The above FWS line item appropriations requests are supported by the State of New <br />Mexico and each of the participating States engaged in these Programs. The support of your <br />Subcommittee in past years is greatly appreciated - and has been a major factor in the <br />success of these multi-state, multi-agency programs as they have progressed forward <br />towards delisting the endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River <br />Basins while necessary water use and development activities are occurring. We in New <br />Mexico again request the Subcommittee's assistance to ensure that the FWS is provided <br />with adequate funding for these vitally important programs. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />C]{/~ud~ <br /> <br />~n R. D'Antonio, Jr., P.E. <br />State Engineer <br /> <br />JRD'A:jcg:pat <br /> <br />copy: Senator Pete Domenici <br />Senator Jeff Bingaman <br />Governor Bill Richardson <br /> <br />jrb\eo lorado\burns.f05 <br />