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\ groundwater management districts and others to collect information and make it available for local planning. Information will also be useful to mining and energy producing industries. e Recommendation: Staff gives a medium recommendation to funding of this project because of its importance in water planning efforts. 4. Groundwater Resource Mapping Program Beneficiary/G rantee/Contractor: Amount of Request: CWCB, Various, Colorado Geological Survey $120,000 Ranking: High Product Produced: The purpose of this program is to collect and map groundwater resource data on a scale useful for local planning and decision-making. The Groundwater Atlas, recently produced, identified the need for collecting and publishing detailed hydrogeological data on a regional scale throughout the state. A need has been identified to focus on local details of groundwater resources for decision making at the local level. This mapping program will develop hydrogeologic quadrangle maps beginning with high priority areas on a long-term basis to meet these needs. Each map requires approximately $20,000 to complete the fieldwork and publication. Water Planning Relationship: This program would assist local entities in land-use decision-making and long-term water supply planning by providing detailed groundwater resource information. Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to this project because of its importance in local water planning efforts. 5. Native Species Conservation e Beneficiary/G rantee/Contractor: Amount of Request: CWCB, Various $60,000 Ranking: High Product Produced: This program would help to pay for activities designed to provide regulatory stability to the Endangered Species Act. The Native Species Conservation Trust Fund, which was utilized to provide regulation, is nearly depleted and funds are necessary to continue implementing the regulatory activities. Water Planning Relationship: through its regulatory activities. effective. The Endangered Species Act impacts statewide water planning The lack of funds could be detrimental if this regulation was not Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to funding for this program in order for this regulatory function to continue to be effective until other sources of funding can be implemented. 6. Tamarisk Control Beneficiary/G rantee/Contractor: Amount of Request: CWCB, Various, Tamarisk Coalition $50,000 Ranking: Low e Product Produced: This program would be to continue funding to the Tamarisk Coalition for planning and eventual eradication of Tamarisk .in accordance with the Governor's Tamarisk Control Plan. The current program would concentrate on the Colorado and Arkansas River Basins to map regions of Tamarisk and prioritize those areas that impact water usage. 5