9415

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9415
• Author: Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
• Title: Species Conservation Trust Fund ‎(HB 98-1006)‎\
• USFW Year: 1999.
• Copyright Material: NO

to proceed in compliance with the ESA, as long as they fit within the planning and
regulatory priorities of local governments.
Anticipated Long-term Costs: The long-term costs of this effort, as well as a full
range of sources to fund these costs, will be developed through the planning
process.
Anticipated Expenditures from the HB 98-1006 Fund in FY 1999-2000• The
collaborative planning effort is expected to be complete by May 1999. Land
protection through the acquisition of fee interests or conservation easements from
willing sellers is expected to figure prominently in the final plans and implementing
agreements for each of the planning sub-areas. To support land protection in each
of the planning sub-areas, the DNR is seeking to allocate $50,000 to each of the
five planning sub-areas or $250,000 in total from the Fund.
III. Other Declining, As Yet Unlisted Species
In addition to the species that are the focal point of the cooperative, programmatic efforts
described above, there are a number of species in Colorado that are declining to the point
that listing under the Endangered Species Act is either imminent or contemplated in the
future. These species are often referred to as "candidate species," in that they are
candidates for listing.
These species are not yet under federal jurisdiction. The state, in cooperation with local
governments and private landowners, has initiated some programs to help protect some of
these species, to manage them to a point at which listing may not be necessary. If listing
does occur, these programs are designed to give landowners, water users and others a
degree of regulatory certainty, and a framework or work plan for the eventual delisting of
the species.
4. The Conservation of Aquatic Species program is directed primarily toward
developing and implementing conservation plans and agreements for aquatic species
that are not currently listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered
Species Act, but which may be listed if no action is taken. The species that will benefit
from these activities include the South Platte and Arkansas basins plains fishes; the Rio
Grande basin native fish; and the Colorado River cutthroat trout.
Anticipated Long term Costs: Anticipated Long-term Costs: The long-term costs of
this effort, as well as a full range of sources to fund these costs, will be developed
through a cooperative planning process.
Recommended ex enditures from the HB 98-1006 Fund in FY 1999-2000: The
DNR is recommending that $304,000 be allocated from the Fund for this program.
The funds will be used to establish aquatic habitat at the Tamarack State Wildlife
Area; establish brood fish lakes; and acquire easements for Arkansas Darter habitat.
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