6047

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 6047
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council.
• USFW Year: 1983.
• USFW - Doc Type: April 4-5, 1983.
• Copyright Material: NO

IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. The closure of the Jones Hole Hatchery and its effects
on all mitigation hatcheries - U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
Galen Buterbach, Regional Director, Region 6, Denver, Colorado, made
the presentation. He provided history on the situation concerning
funding and the close-down data of June 30. He also called attention
to the law-suit filed by New Mexico, and the one that Colorado will
file in the next few days.
In the discussion, Utah pointed out they could not afford to raise fish
for other States out of license monies, and that they did not want to
take over the hatchery. The road situation was of particular concern
and it would be a disaster as far as they were concerned if they got the
hatchery and had to maintain the road as well.
Utah also noted that if they did take over the hatchery, it was not
supposed to cost the Division any money, that the Legislature would
support it; however, the Legislative session had been completed and
did not provide any additional funding.
New Mexico and Colorado provided some details of their law-suits, and
that the restraining order if received would halt the actual transfer
process and the Fish and Wildlife Service would go into a holding pattern
on the whole thing.
(If anyone would like more details concerning the Jones Hole Hatchery
discussion. they can be provided. A rough draft of the entire discussion
is available.)
B. Report on the future of Section 8 funding - U. S. Bureau of
Reclamation
Wayne Cook, Division Chief, Water and Land Activities, Regional Office,
Salt Lake City, Utah, made the presentation and led the discussion.
Wayne called attention that this was his first meeting and it was a unique
opportunity since he had spent a great deal of time in planning activities,
and as such, planning for and defending the need for the Section 8 program.
He has been on both sides of the coin in this respect.
For those who were not familiar with the Section 8 program, Wayne gave
a brief history, beginning with the passing of Public Law 84-485.
With the aid of an overhead projector and slides, he reviewed where the
Section 8 program has been going, the current status, what has been
accomplished, where the program is in terms of back-log activities; _._
where it is in terms of concurrent funding activities for on-going
projects, and last but not leaset, the program's existing funding and
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