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a . DRAFT <br />II. AUTHORITIES FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND NO DELEGATION <br />OR ABROGATION OF STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES <br />0 <br />The Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Colorado River Board of California, the <br />1b Colorado River Commission of Nevada have authority for participation in the development of <br />a management Program for the Colorado River system as representatives of their respective <br />0 <br />states. The Arizona Game and Fish Department, the California Department of Fish and <br />Game, and the Nevada Division of Wildlife have authority for management of fish and <br />wildlife resources in and along the Colorado River on behalf of their respective states. The <br />0 United States Secretary of the Department of the Interior has responsibility for administering <br />the allocation of Colorado River water among the Lower Colorado River Basin States, <br />through the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and to carry out the provisions of the Act, <br />S through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Signatories to this MOA <br />recognize each has statutory responsibilities which cannot be delegated, and this MOA does <br />0 not and is not intended to abrogate any of those statutory responsibilities. <br />0 III. ECOSYSTEM-BASED APPROACH <br />It is the intention of the signatories to pursue an ecosystem-based approach during the <br />10 0 <br /> <br />development of the Program in order to gain the desired interim and lone-term compliance <br />with applicable endangered species laws and to implement conservation and protection <br />3 <br />w <br />APPENDI K D