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about $503,000. In FY 1997, this amount is expected to be reduced even further. <br />Unless the $200,000 is dedicated before the allocation formula is applied, the <br />Service's ability to fund other high priority recovery efforts for the Region's 73 other <br />endangered species will suffer greatly. <br />Projects to be funded with the $200,000 in Grants to States are: <br />• Interagency standardized monitoring program: Funding will cover participation <br />in this effort by the States of Colorado and Utah. <br />• Upper Colorado River in- stream flow recommendations: This provides funding <br />for Colorado to complete interim flow recommendations for the Colorado River <br />between Rifle and the 15 -mile reach. The Recovery Program plans to repopulate <br />this 50 -mile reach of historic Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker habitat by <br />constructing fish - passage facilities and potentially stocking one or both species. <br />• Aspinall Unit (Blue Mesa Reservoir) in- stream flow studies: This provides fund- <br />ing for the States of Utah and Colorado to analyze flow effects on larval endangered <br />fish in the Gunnison and Colorado rivers. <br />3. Support Fish and Wildlife Service funds for operation and maintenance of the <br />Ouray Endangered Fish Facility. <br />($250,000 requested in "Fish Hatchery Operation and Maintenance. ") <br />Recovery Program participants request Congressional support for $250,000 for oper- <br />ating Service endangered fish hatchery facilities. This funding is needed to maintain <br />hatchery facilities holding captive endangered Colorado River fish for stocking, <br />research, public education and "refuge" purposes. <br />Bureau of Reclamation budget <br />4. Support Bureau of Reclamation funds for the Recovery Program. <br />($7.468 million requested in "Construction Program" funds) <br />Recovery Program participants request Congressional support for the $7.468 million in <br />Bureau of Reclamation Construction Program funds for the Recovery Program in FY <br />1997. The funds would pay for water acquisition and capital construction projects to <br />help recover endangered fish, including: <br />• Fish passage: Reclamation funds will go toward rehabilitating water diversion <br />structures and building fish ladders at several locations on the Gunnison and <br />Colorado rivers. These activities will benefit the migratory Colorado squawfish and <br />razorback sucker by giving the fish access to more than 100 miles of historic habi- <br />3 <br />