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DAVE FREUDENTHAL k " <br />GOVERNOR <br />THE STATE OF WYOMING <br />Office of the Governor <br />February 24, 2006 <br />The Honorable Conrad Burns, Chairman <br />The Honorable Byron Dorgan, Ranking Member <br />Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies <br />Committee on Appropriations <br />United States Senate <br />1 )2 Dirksen Senate Office Building <br />Washington, D.C. 20510 <br />Dear Chairman Burns and Ranking Member Dorgan: <br />STATE CAPITOL <br />CHEYENNE, WY 82002 <br />I am writing to request your support and assistance in ensuring continued Rind ng for <br />the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program and the San Juan River Basin <br />Recovery Implementation Program. These ongoing cooperative partnership programs <br />involve the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, Indian tribes and federal <br />agencies, as well as water, power and environmental interests. The dual objectives of these <br />programs are the recovery of the four Colorado River endangered fish species while <br />continuing water use and development in compliance «pith the Endangered Species Act, state <br />law, and interstate compacts. Wyoming respectfully requests support and action by the <br />Subcommittee that will provide the following: <br />1. Appropriation of $697.000 in "recovery" funds (Ecological Services Activity; <br />Endangered Species Subactivity; Recovery Element; $697,000 within the $5,631,000 item <br />entitled "General Program Activities ") to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for fiscal <br />year 2007 to allow FWS to continue its necessary participation in the Upper Colorado River <br />Endangered Fi.sh Recovery Program. This is the same level of funding appropriated to the <br />FWS in fiscal years 2004; 2005 and 2006. <br />2. Appropriation of $437,000 in operation and maintenance finds (Resource <br />Management Appropriation; Fisheries Activity; Hatchery Operations .& Maintenance <br />Subactivity, Hatchery Operations Project) to support the ongoing operation of the FWS's <br />Ouray National Fish Hatchery in Utah during fiscal year 2007. <br />3. Allocation of $211,000 in "recovery" funds for the Sari Juan River Basin <br />Recovery Implementation Program to the FWS for fiscal year 2007 to meet FWS's Region 2 <br />expenses managing and implementing the San Juan Program's diverse recovery actions. <br />TTY: 777 -7660 PHONE: (307) 777 -7434 FAX: (307) 632 -3909 <br />