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SMT'r fr dNNtS <br />aODIST►ICT. COLOMno <br />co"MmEe ON AVLFx <br />WAQHRMUN OFFna <br />Congreov of tbt " ittb ►taste <br />Musri.�_ p� <br />` °'�' <br />Jbo%c of rrgrntatibe <br />°�'°�� <br />��fliII'tDtt, 20515 -0603 <br />•xr�troarasr <br />r�ro+srssaec <br />March 20 1995 <br />m or "MCHVA <br />rAraaa+FTm• <br />nu <br />The Honorable <br />e �Toha <br />Chairman P�jrers <br />p•�wµw,a <br />• •� <br />House APPropriations <br />ouawaa eo.uo, <br />O <br />Co=dttee <br />Subcouunittee <br />&MTMFETAcEY <br />sinem <br />on <br />2362 Ra b Energy and Water Development <br />Y urn H.OUSe <br />°L" , rWAM@ , <br />. <br />Office Building <br />Washington, DC 20515 <br />Dear Chairman Mvers: <br />we once writing to re <br />in FY 1996 of $6,337,000 toeheyUtls. Support for an aPPrOPriation <br />{Reclamation} for activ t,as associated rwitho he RecovsC II <br />�lemezxta,tiozl Px' <br />Colorado River Basin (uthe Bndangered Fish Speciaa In 'the <br />included in the t the ReCOvgxY Program„). This autaunt sr <br />Reclamation under an item labeledp«Conesed PY 1996 budget for <br />Species Recovery Plementatian Pr 8ndanapred <br />Pr- <br />Various Studies.r-Upper Coiarada Regioix- <br />In FY 1994 and Fy 3.995, the Recovery specific sCuti�.es and action in g-ram initiated <br />activities <br />necessary reparation for the construction <br />ry to recover the endangered fishes. These <br />activities included reStoratia4 of fish <br />habitat, instream,flO'v nrptection on the PColorado hive historical <br />(mainstream), Gunnison River, and i' <br />enlargement caf the � sting 31khead Reservoir) (including and the- the <br />reeparation or modification <br />w of existing proJeCte_ Activities <br />ere also initiated in 2993 and 1999, on several fish habitat <br />restoration projects, including the restoration of flooded <br />battori� ands and wetlands in Utab and Colorado, <br />we requested will enable theses vital activities' Deco FY <br />and <br />funds <br />to be suocessfully implemented in Bubsequant fiscal years. <br />The Recover, Program is a mutually �,orted pxogram <br />invo3.ving Reclamation, U. S . Fish azld supWildlife Service, western <br />Area Power Administration, the states of Colorado, Utah, and <br />WYom'ng, environmental Organizations, and water development <br />interests. This $eCCsverr Program, now in its seventh Gne= ation, has the objective of cooperatively re overingathe four of <br />er_da�egered fishes while water development proceeds in compliance <br />with the Endangered Species Act of 1073. In gY 1988, Congress <br />aPPrWriated $1,000,000 to Reclamation for the u <br />securing water for the endangered fishes_ These funds have been <br />r"0iD oM ftCYUM raPg <br />