BOARD01041

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2006
• Description: ISF Section - CWCB/Colorado Wildlife Commission Joint Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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ST A TE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

To: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

From: Dan Merriman and Linda Bassi ~}I;><(
Stream and Lake Protection SectiohJV

Russell George
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
eweB Director

Date: March 13, 2006

Rick Bro",,'Il
Acting Deputy
Director

Re: Agenda No. 28, March 21-22, 2006 Board Meeting: CWCB / Colorado Wildlife
Commission Joint Resolution

This agenda item will inform the Board about an upcoming request to adopt a joint resolution
with the Colorado Wildlife Commission addressing the annual provision of funding by the
Colorado Division of Wildlife ("CD OW") to the CWCB to be applied to the implementation of
the Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program ("ISF Program"),

Background

Since 1978, the CDOW has provided funding annually to the CWCB for the ISF Program in
amounts equal to approximately half of the annual costs of operating the ISF Program. The
General Assembly has appropriated the funding to the CWCB via the Long BilL It has been the
CWCB's understanding that the money carne from the CDOW Wildlife Cash Fund, which is
comprised of revenues from wildlife license fees and moneys from other wildlife sources,
However, starting in 2002, the CDOW provided the funding from its US. Fish and Wildlife
Service ("FWS") Federal Assistance Grants,

The FWS audited the CD OW for the period from July I, 2001 through June 30, 2003 regarding
its uses of the federal grant money, For state FY 2006, the CD OW has arranged to have the
funding transferred to the CWCB from the CDOW Wildlife Cash Fund rather than from federal
grant funds, However, CD OW still must address concerns raised in the audit to the satisfaction
of the FWS and, pursuant to sections 33-1-117 and 118, C.R.S., demonstrate that its use of all
funds is limited to wildlife purposes in accordance with federal law, To that end, the CDOW
proposed that the CWCB and CDOW enter into an Interagency Agreement to document the
funding provided by the CDOW and the activities undertaken by CWCB staff and the Board
related to the ISF Program,