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Appendix C PROPOSAL OF THE COLORADO RIVER FISH & WILDLIFE COUNCIL FOR DINGELL-JOHNSON ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS TITLE: Cooperative Interstate Fishery and Aquatic Resource Management in the Colorado River Basin a 4 ABSTRACT: . The Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council (CRFWC) resulted from a compact initiated some thirty years ago by the seven state Natural Resource agencies located on the Colorado River Drainage. The CRFWC has served as an excellent vehicle for coordination, integration and regulation of interstate fish and wildlife activities and to promote regional fisheries conservation interests , in a regional and national forum. Although the CRFWC is providing much of its base programs in the management and protection of sport and native fish and habitat, as activities affecting fish and fisheries have proliferated throughout the system, the CRFWC has not been able to maintain continuity and effectiveness with current levels of support from its members. This proposal requests funding through Dingell-Johnson Administrative Funds to assist the CRFWC in its interstate management, mitigative, enhancement and restorative efforts. This proposal provides support for an executive secretary, funding for day-to-day administration, publications and travel support for officers and chairmen of CRFWC. A total of $46,900 in federal assistance is requested to support the interstate compact and the fishery and aquatic resources. These monies will allow the council to effectively interact internally and to disseminate throughout the system valuable support and effort necessary to aid in the management of interjurisdictional fisheries and species. Acceptance of this proposal will help ensure that fish and fisheries be given more consideration throughout the Western United States and receive more extensive review and analysis within all sectors of people doing business with the Colorado River and its tributaries. 41 41 4 41