1994 Washington D.C. Briefing Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin

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IrI �� LJI t I] 1171 LI ► FY 95 BUDGET ANALYSIS • Funding of the Recovery Program is a cooperative effort of all the Program participants, as illustrated below. FY 95 Budget Total — $6,486,000 Reclamation - Annual" $1,982,000 Reclamation - Capital $2,733,000 v� Wyoming $29,000 0.4% _ Water 0.78% Users 2�i, c� J $45,000 \Utah ° $93,000 Colorado $132,000 FY 88 Appropriation $428,000 Fish and Wildlife Service $1,044,000 ( b 9. FY 95 funding is secure except that needed for capital projects. Reclamation capital funding ($2,733,000) is $2,200,000 less than the Recovery Program's FY 95 capital funding need of $4,933,000. The Recovery Program plans to use the $428,000 remaining of the FY 88 appropriation to compensate for a portion of this shortfall. This leaves a $1,772,000 shortfall that will delay several capital projects by at least a year, resulting in missed deadlines in, the Recovery Program's Recovery Action Plan (RIPRAM. Projects that will be delayed are: 1. Construction of a fish passage structure at Redlands Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado will not be completed until FY 96, a delay of one year. ($300,000 shortfall) 2. Coordination of Colorado River reservoir operations to provide increased flows in the 15 -Mile Reach will be delayed by about half a year. ($50,000 shortfall) 3. Operation of Rifle Gap (Silt) Reservoir to deliver storage water to the 15 -Mile Reach will be delayed by about one year ($35,000 shortfall). 4. Restoration of historically flooded bottomland habitats will be delayed by one year. Although restoration actions will be undertaken, no land will be acquired. ($600,000 shortfall) 5. Design and construction of endangered fish augmentation facilities will be delayed by one year. ($722,000 shortfall).