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Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program
<br />a (Platte River Recovery Implementation Program)
<br />LOCATION: This activity is located in the Platte River Basin in Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska.
<br />DESCRIPTION /JUSTIFICATION: In late 2006, the Governors of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming
<br />and the Secretary of the Interior entered into the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program
<br />(Program). The Program is a collaborative basin -wide program for endangered species in the Central
<br />Platte River in Nebraska. The Program addresses habitat for four species: the Whooping Crane, Piping
<br />Plover, Interior Least Tern, and Pallid Sturgeon. Under the Program, Reclamation received significant and
<br />essential compliance under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for continued operations of the Colorado -
<br />Big Thompson and North Platte projects which supply water to Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming
<br />irrigators and municipalities. The Program, which began January 1, 2007, is estimated at $317 million,
<br />with the Federal share being $157 million. The Program requires that the Federal government provide
<br />50 percent of the Program contributions, with the States providing at least 50 percent of the contributions
<br />(cash and cash - equivalent).
<br />P.L. 110 -229 authorized the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, and in
<br />partnership with the states of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado, other Federal agencies, and other non -
<br />Federal entities to participate in the implementation of the Program for endangered species in the Central
<br />Platte River Basin and to modify Reclamation's Pathfinder Dam. No federal appropriations are required to
<br />modify the Pathfinder Darn. Program activities include the acquisition of lands and water and contracting
<br />for habitat restoration projects.
<br />• AUTHORIZATION: P.L. 93 -205, Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended; Consolidated Natural
<br />Resources Act of 2008, P.L. 110 -229, TITLE V, Section 515 titled "Platte River Recovery
<br />Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Project Authorization," dated May 8, 2008,
<br />COMPLETION DATA: The first increment of this program is scheduled for completion in FY 2020.
<br />PERFORMANCE INFORMATION: This project is aligned with the Department of the Interior's
<br />Strategic Plan end outcome goal: Deliver Water Consistent with Applicable State and Federal Law in an
<br />Environmentally Responsible and Cost - Efficient Manner. The intermediate outcome is: Operate and
<br />Maintain a Safe and Reliable Water Infrastructure. The Activity Based Costing/Management alignment
<br />includes: 8K (Implement Environmental Recommendations).
<br />SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL DATA
<br />Program Financial Data
<br />Activity
<br />FY 2010
<br />FY 2011
<br />Fish and Wildlife Management and Development
<br />$12,054,000
<br />$12,700,000
<br />Enacted/Request
<br />$12,054,000
<br />$12,700,000
<br />Non - Federal
<br />11,605,000
<br />12,209,000
<br />Prior Year Funds
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Total Program
<br />$23,659,000
<br />$24,909,000
<br />Prior Year Funds/Non- Federal
<br />(11,605,000)
<br />(12,209,000)
<br />Total Reclamation Allotment
<br />$12,054,000
<br />$12,700,000
<br />Great Plains Region - 32
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