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<br /> <br />21. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Resources Account <br />Authorization: lIB 87-1158 <br />Water Source: N/A <br />Location: Statewide <br /> <br />Grant Amount: $60,335 <br />Project Type: Fish and Wildlife <br />Project Manager; Dan McAuliffe <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In 1987 the General Assembly created the Fish and Wildlife Account (37-60-121 C.RS.). After <br />establishing the account in Section 2 of the bill, the legislature in Section 6 appropriated $70,517 and 1.0 <br />FTE to the Board "for the purpose of making findings regarding mitigation actions." <br /> <br />Some funds have been spent from the amount appropriated to the Board, and although 1.0 FTE <br />was authorized in the bill, authorizations for FTE are usually Decision Items that are included in the <br />Department of Natural Resource's annual budget, subject to Joint Budget review and approval. These <br />Decisiou Items then become a part of the annual operating budget of the agency. In this case, the Board <br />may have envisioued hiring a contract employee. Nevertheless, because of the new authority granted to <br />the Board in 2002 (see July 2002 agenda item 16), these fUl)ds would be extremely useful for operational <br />and planning purposes in implementing this new authority. <br /> <br />22. <br /> <br />Water Education Program <br />Authorization: lIB 00-1419 <br />Water Source: N/A <br />Location: Statewide <br /> <br />Grant Amount: $115,000 <br />Project Type: Water Education <br />Project Manager: Dan McAuliffe <br /> <br />, <br />The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Executive Director and the CWCB Director may <br />direct and manage natural resources and environmental educational programs (24-33-109 C.R.S.). In <br />November 1999 CWCB members expressed anxiety about the lack of a specific water education program . <br />and directed its staff to identify whether curriculum existed that could be utilized by teachers if it were <br />appropriately distributed. In March 2000 the CWCB agreed to support a $115,000 water education <br />initiative and funding was included in the 2000 Water Project Authorization Bill (HB 00-1419): <br /> <br />SECTION 24. Water education program - appropriation. (1) The Colorado water conservation <br />board is hereby authorized to participate in a water edui;ation program for K-12 students and citizens <br />throughout Colorado. The purposes of the program arJ to develop and integrate a Colorado water <br />education curriculum into existing education programs; identifY mechanisms to distribute a water <br />education curriculum to effectively supplement or coordinate with other private and public water <br />education programs; and convert the curriculum to compact disc format for statewide distribution. In <br />furtherance of this program, the Colorado water conservation board may develop its own curriculum and <br />distribution systems or use existing curriculum reviewed and approved by educators and water user <br />groups and existing distribution networks. <br /> <br />After receiving this legislative approval, a work plan was developed, the Board sought the <br />support of the Colorado Water Congress, created a CD-ROM containing a wide variety of water <br />educational materials, negotiated distribution contracts, hired a coordinator (who in turn hired someone to <br />perform and evaluation of the project). The following. is a breakdown of all of the program <br />implementation steps identified by staff and the Colorado Water Congress to date: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />2000 Education Initiative <br />Contract with Learning to be Water Wise <br />CD Production <br /> <br />$50,000.00 <br />$17,500.00 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 12 001 <br /> <br />