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1 <br /> 4.9 Recommended 1 <br /> ed Change in the Session Laws <br /> Last year the General Assembly approved the CWCB recommendation that monies from the Fish <br /> and Wildlife Resources Account within the CWCB construction fund be made available to the <br /> recovery program to help implement improvements to the Grand Valley Canal. These improvements <br /> are intended to reduce administrative spills by the canal and, as a result, increase stream flows <br /> available for recovery of the endangered fish. These improvements are being planned and will be <br /> implemented with full cooperation of the Grand Valley Water Users Association and without any <br /> impairment of their beneficial uses. In order to provide more flexibility in the delivery of those <br /> monies,the Board recommends the name of the grant recipient be changed from the"U.S. Fish and <br /> Wildlife Service"to the "participants of the Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program." <br /> This recommendation is supported by the Grand Valley Water Users Association and Recovery <br /> Program participants. <br /> 4.10 Recommended Change in Statutes <br /> The Department of Natural Resources Controller's ' <br /> has statutory authority to receive funds for cooperative projects with local governments, the CWCB <br /> technically does not have the statutory authority to expend such monies. The Board recommends <br /> the state statutes be amended to allow the Board to expend funds received in managing cooperative <br /> projects so that the Board has the same authority as other DNR agencies. <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br /> I <br /> CWCB FY97 Annual Report,page 28 <br />