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<br />. <br /> <br />ltOltll'rtB'<< llf tbe ~t1itr:l.l ~tate5 <br />iW.I'blllQtOII. lB'l2<)Sl~ <br /> <br />April ~O, 1999 <br /> <br />Congres~~ Ralph R8gula <br />C~ir, Subcammltcee on lnte~io~ <br />e308 ~ayburn House Off~OB auilding <br />Washington, D.C. ~0515 <br /> <br />Dear Chairman ltegula: <br /> <br />w~ ~re writing to request your support and ...i8taneo in <br />insuxing continued tunding for the aecavery ~lem8ntation <br />Program for Endangered FlSb species ot tbe Upper COlOrado River <br />aSCli.n. {."RBcove;y progrllOl'l. Thill multi-aeate, multi.agency <br />R8cbve:y Progr~ 15 being 1~lemented in the Oppet Colorado River <br />Basin witb the objective of recovering tour endLnge%ed fish <br />specie. while water development p~o.edB in compliance with the <br />RndangerBd Speci.. Act of 1973. This tunding will ensure that <br />federal cose sharing fund. are pxovided to the Recovery progxam. <br />Wg request your support for one fOllowing, <br /> <br />~at the Bu~commit~se support the .pproq~iat1on Of $6~~,QOO of <br />reBou~ce ~=ag.~nt funds to the U.S. Fish and Wlldl~t@ Service <br />(PWSJ to meet its funding cammicment to the Recovery i~o~~am, <br />This is the a~ount requested in the presidene's JY 2000 budget <br />proposal a~d i. approxi~tely the same ~unt requested in <br />p'E'ev;i.01J.8 years. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Tnat 1anSU-SB be included in the SUbcommittee'S F~ 2000 <br />appropriations legislation to indicate that $200.000 of ESA <br />Section 6 ~unds should be allecated to the Recovory Program <br />before the FWS tormole tor allocating lunds ~g its reiions is <br />appli8d. The iliA Section 6 budget for Mre tban '0 lieted <br />specieD in FWS Region 6 i. expected to be $42'.000 in ry 1999. <br />Dedicating $200,000, al~st half of the Region'e .nti~ Section. <br />budget. to fonr endangered Colorado River fiBh will adversely and <br />significantly impact state recovery programs fo~ the o~hBr lis~ed <br />species in FWS Region 6. Our te~yested language will insore <br />continued fundi~~ for the Recov~ry Program, ~ut not at the <br />expense of other high priority ~ecovery efforts in Region 6. In <br />fiscal years .19~l. 1993, and 1994. lObe Sllbc=itte. earmark.ed <br />.$200,000 pursuant to Section 6 ot tPa Endangered Species ~ct for <br />the aocove",y Prollram. <br /> <br />That the Subc~itteo support the continued baee funding in <br />fiscal year 2000 of ~376,OOO for tne FWS (fi~heri~s ~tivlty; <br />Hatchery O~ SubactivitYI to operate the endangered fieh <br />propagation facilities at ths Ouray National Fish Katchery in <br />Utan as requeated in the Pteaident's bu~g.t propo..l. <br /> <br />~..t".l'.~..jlO:tII=:lIO"'.ll' <br /> <br />. <br />