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v 1 1 2 U ' Wyoming Game & Fish Department 5400 Bishop Blvd. Cheyenne, WY 82002 ' U.S. Fish and Wildlife-Service 134 Union Blvd. Lakewood, CO 80228 ' 3. Geographic Scope. These Procedures and this Cooperative Agreement apply only to the Upper Colorado River Basin above Glen Canyon Dam, excluding the ' San Juan Subbasin. The San Juan River basin was not included because it is being covered under a separate recovery effort. 4. Term. This Cooperative Agreement shall remain in effect through the life ' of the Recovery Program, unless terminated per paragraph 5. r 5. Amendment. This Cooperative Agreement and the Procedures may be extended, ' amended, or terminated by agreement of the parties, or any party may withdraw from this Cooperative Agreement upon written notice to the other parties and the Recovery Program. 6. Authorities and Responsibilities. A. States: Will ensure that all State and private stocking of nonnative fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin are in compliance with the Procedures. This will include, but not be limited to, enacting/clarifying appropriate regulations for stocking of public and private waters. B. Fish and Wildlife Service: Will ensure that all stocking from federal th U f d pper e or ures hatcheries is in compliance with Stocking Proce Colorado River Basin and provide up to 40,000 catchable rainbow trout ' annually for stocking into public floodplain ponds. C. Recovery Program: Will serve as a funding mechanism for components of ' the Procedures that contribute directly to the recovery of the endangered fishes. The Recovery Program will facilitate coordination of pond stocking and reclamation proposals with flooded bottomlands restoration and propagation plans. This is expected to include the use of some ' reclaimed ponds for rearing of endangered fishes as specified in the flooded bottomland and propagation programs. ' 7. No Delegation or Abrogation. All parties to this Cooperative Agreement recognize that they each have statutory responsibilities that cannot be delegated, and that this Cooperative Agreement does not and is not intended to abrogate any of their statutory responsibilities. ' -8. Consistency with Applicable Law. This Cooperative Agreement is subject to and is intended to be consistent with all applicable State and Federal laws ' and interstate agreements.