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Identify potential funding for implementation of the <br />indicated actions. <br />Potential funding sources for this initiative could include the <br />Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund; the Colorado Water Pollution <br />Control Revolving Fund; the Wildlife Cash Fund; the Water <br />Conservation Board's Construction Fund; federal sources such as <br />Clean Water Act section 319, section 104 programs, and federal r <br />land management agencies including the Forest Service, the Bureau�J <br />of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the National <br />Biological Survey. Additional work would be necessary to , <br />identify the most appropriate funding sources. wA� <br />Another important threshold issue if a native species c e <br />p p pro ection Q <br />initiative were to move forward is where to focus initial <br />efforts. While some coordinated and consistent statewide efforts <br />would seem important, the two departments suggest that initially <br />resources should be targeted around current high priority <br />concerns. For example, ongoing South Platte River resourc �C <br />management issues may suggest a focussed pilot project effo t in <br />that basin. <br />The roles that would be played by the encies of DNR and DPHE �Q <br />with respect to native species rotecti n are anticipated to fall `4 <br />p P p <br />principally into the categories of tec ica assistance, ` <br />coordination, and facilitation. As o exam le, it would be <br />important for these agencies to develop comp-tible software t 2iN <br />maximize the opportunities for data sharing. The Appendix t ' <br />this concept paper begins to more specifica ly identify the <br />potential roles of individual state agencie with respect to a <br />native species protection initiative. It s anticipated th if )("" <br />this proposed initiative moves forward, t e interaction between <br />these agencies would be further defined 'n an inter - agency <br />Memorandum of Understanding. <br />VI. Next Steps <br />This Draft Concept Paper is being circulated broadly in the hope <br />of initiating a dialogue regarding what DNR and DPHE believe to <br />be an extremely important environmental and natural resources <br />management issue facing Colorado today. The proposed initiative <br />represents one possible response to this issue. However, any <br />response will ultimately be successful only if there is a broad <br />consensus that it is the appropriate way to proceed. Therefore, <br />the two departments are seeking input from the full spectrum of <br />persons interested in these issues to determine whether the <br />suggested initiative, or something like it, is worth pursuing. <br />The first step in exploring the viability of this initiative is <br />circulating this Draft Concept Paper for comment. In addition, <br />it is proposed that a public workshop, involving the <br />0 <br />