Briefing Paper to Accompany the Proposed Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1997

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STATE OF WYOMING OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JIM GERINGER GOVERNOR October 17, 1997 The Honorable Craig Thomas United States Senator United States Senate SH -109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 -5002 The Honorable Mike Enzi United States Senator United States Senate SR -293 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 -5003 The Honorable Barbara Cubin United States Representative House of Representatives 1114 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 -5001 STATE CAPITOL CHEYENNE, WY 82002 Re: Support for Draft Legislation for the Recovery Implementation Programs for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin Dear Senators Thomas and Enzi and Representative Cubin: Each year since its initiation in 1988, the participants, including the State of Wyoming, in the cooperative Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin have sought your support for continued federal funding of the Program. This three- state, multi - agency program is working to recover, and remove from Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing, four species of fish that inhabit the waters of the Upper Colorado River Basin while water development and use proceeds at the same time in compliance with state water law, interstate compacts and the ESA. Earlier this year in mid -March I wrote to you seeking your support for line -items specific to this Program in the President's Fiscal Year 1998 Budget. I am now writing to seek your support for the enclosed draft legislation that would authorize this Program in Federal law, establish appropriation authorizations and establish a cost - sharing mechanism for the remaining years of the Program. The legislation addresses both the Upper Basin Recovery Program and a similar program initiated in 1991 for two of the same endangered 1:- -�IAH. :rnut ant; ,t.a � 11:1.1:1111O \l. V 1:]i 1' V" 1-: � ,t _;1 � � ,i. �� TI )1) t i l t - -tic;(; f=: \ \: (i(l ?) 032 -3909