4210

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4210
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Preliminary Conceptual Approach to Recovery of Endangered Fish Species In The Upper Colorado River Basin
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: Draft.
• Copyright Material: NO

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DRAFT-05/10/85
2. Adequacy of funds to carry out high priority
recovery plan items.
3. Continued availabi]~ity of the funds over the
long-term..
Funding of a recovery plan from water depletion charges or a
surcharge on water sales presents an unreliable source in
terms of the overall recovery effort. The timing of project
implementation is uncertain, and because mitigation varies
with impact, there is no way to predict the total amount of
funds that would be available from individual projects.
Furthermore,. such an approach places the burden of attaining
a national goal on a very small group.
Reliable sources of funding might include:
. Percentage of revenues from the Colorado River
Storage Project. -
Placement of surcharge on sporting goods
equipment.
Placement of a surtax on game fishing licenses
in Upper Basin states.
Allocation of existing Dingle-Johnson funds to _
recovery programs.
Allocation of Colorado's voluntary taxpayer
allocation to the non-game program, and similar
programs in other Upper Basin States.
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