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W_ <br />The Honorable fete V. Domenici <br />The Honorable Harm Reid <br />February 27; 2006 <br />Page 2 <br />The requested funding for the San Juan River Recovery Program will be used for <br />construction of a fish screen and fish passage in critical habitat on the San Juan River. <br />These activities are funded pursuant to Public Lave 106 -392, as amended, which <br />authorized the f=ederal government to provide cast sharing for these two ongoing recovery <br />programs' remaining capital construction projects. Raising and stocking of the endangered fish <br />produced at program hatchery facilities, restoring floodplain habitat and fish: passage, regulating <br />and supplying instrearn habitat flows, installing fish screens in canal systems and controlling <br />nonnative fish populations are key components of the programs' ongoing capital construction <br />projects. Substantial non-federal cast- sharing funding exceeding. 50% for capitatl construction <br />activities demonstrates the strong commitment and effective partnerships embodied in both of <br />these successful programs. <br />The requested federal appropriations are critically importantto these efforts moving forward. <br />The pest support and assistance of your Subcommittee has greatly facilitated the success of these <br />multi - state, multi- agency programs. Can Behalf of the citizens of New Mexico, I thank you for that <br />support and request the Subcommittee's assistance for fiscal year 2007 funding to ensure the <br />Bureau of Reclamation's continuing financial participation in these- vitally important programs. <br />Sincereky, <br />Bill Richardson <br />Governor <br />copy, Senator Pete Domenici <br />Senator Jeff Bingaman <br />Governors Richardson, Huntsman, Owens and Freudenthal <br />JG;Zb <br />