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TAMARACK1SWA TAMARACK PROJECT <br />JULY 18, 2006 <br />Recently negotiations have commenced. on a draft MOU etwe n DOof an SPWRA ale <br />regard to use of Pony Express and Tamarack SWAs provid <br />of water for the 3 -State Agreement (Tamarack Project.) FTE ho be funded by SPWRAPaand <br />in te draft MOU the DOW requested the funding of one additional full -time D O <br />dedicated to the work to be accomplished under the draft MO E. There has been a request <br />for the projected scope of work to be accomplished bY is <br />Background:_ <br />Since about 1996 the Division of Wildlife has been anactive <br />formal w aliment with the South <br />Tamarack and Pony Express SWAB mainly through an �n agreement <br />Platte Lower River Group to further Colorado's <br />goals of etbeenused extensively to <br />Platte drainage. Both SWAs (but primarily Tamarack) <br />develop ground water recharge projects through well <br />itme gt too the 3-State agreement, <br />tes. <br />The primary goals have been to meet Colorado <br />cover the recharge needs of private wells in the lower riv the main enhance m of he wildlife Pla and <br />wildlife habitat directly on the SWAs and indirectly g <br />particularly in the lower reaches of the river ith the US Fish and W dlife Service on <br />Service <br />to our Federal Aid agreement <br />Tamarack and Pony Express to allow the rechargt activities <br />l not mentioned above. a sting <br />points of this new amendment require that the a <br />wildlife use of our properties and in fact must be viewed as enhancements for wildlife and <br />wildlife habitat. <br />Since the beginning of DOW's participation in allrecharge he effort. 19971ocals DOW <br />has contributed funding, personnel, and equipmen t <br />managers from DOW have submitted internal requests for <br />ond additional funding, equipment <br />and FTE for the Tamarack project. Additional funding <br />forthcoming but not additional FTE. Over time 11 the me employee who is responsible for it has created <br />increasing demands on the one on- the - ground fu p l work <br />Tamarack and Pony Express SWA. This employee and Pony Expresssl(JumboalRed Lion, <br />required by 8 other SWAs in addition to Tamara <br />Sedgwick Bar, Holyoke, Frenchman Creek, Sand Draw, managed as major recreation reservoir <br />State Trust Land). One of these, Jumbo boating, lfishinggand all forms of water recreation. <br />with public use consisting of camping, <br />The DOW has been trying to meet all the work demands <br />arack Project. The resu lt of these efforts has not been totally <br />our commitment to the Tam <br />satisfactory in the opinion of DOW and some work dam e Labor Standards Act and the State <br />be noted that our FTE at Tamarack is sub}ect to the F <br />e DOW does not pay overtime. <br />must strictly enforce a 40 hour work week and th <br />