1996 Washington, D.C. Briefing Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin

• Description: 1996 Washington, D.C. Briefing Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/18/1996
• Title: 1996 Washington, D.C. Briefing Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

Requested FY 1997 Congressional action items
(Summarized version)
Recovery Program participants would like to make the following requests from Congress (details
on each item are provided on following pages):
Fish and Wildlife Service budget
1. Support Fish and Wildlife Service funding for the Recovery Program.
($624,000 requested in "Recovery" funds)
2. Earmark Fish and Wildlife Service Section 6 funds.) p�
($200,000 requested for "Grants to States ")
3. Support Fish and Wildlife Service funds for operation and maintenance of the Ouray
Endangered Fish Facility.
($250,000 requested in "Fish Hatchery Operation and Maintenance. ")
Bureau of Reclamation budget
4. Support Bureau of Reclamation funds for the Recovery Program.
($7.468 million requested in "Construction Program" funds)
Now endangered, Colorado squawfish once were a prized sport-fish
and commonly were used as food, especially during the Depression.
Here, Billie Ruple Wintermann shows a Colorado squawfish she
caught in Island Park around 1930.
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