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<br />. <br /> <br />QI:ollgren d tfJe lMnitL!b ~tilteli' <br />mISlIl~lIr.n.1UI: 2~~lJ <br /> <br />April .0. 1999 <br /> <br />The Honorabl" itQn Packard <br />Chair. Houoe Appropriaeiolls Comm1t~e. <br />Subcommi~te on Energy an~ Water Development <br />23'2 ~ybur" R.O.B. <br />Was~ington, P.C. 20515 <br /> <br />O"ar ClUlirma.n Packard. <br /> <br />we are w~1ting to ~.qqest you~ aup~ort for an appropriation <br />in ~y 2000 Of f9.~.O million inolu~.4 in tho ~1nlBtratlon'l <br />proposed FY 2000 ~udget for the U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation <br />("Reclama.tio,,"I within an it~ lapeled .Upper Colora.do ll<lgian <br />!i:ndangerM Species Recovery Implementati.on l'rogr4lll.' Of tMt <br />amount. $7.22~ million is designated for expenditure on <br />c~~8tructlo" Activities associAtod with the Reoovery <br />Implementation Program fOE Bnd&n9"..ed Piab Speoie. in tbe upper <br />C010rado River Basin (Recovery Progra~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'l'he llecovery Program ia a muc,.alll' 8"pported p""!1ram <br />J.nVOlvlng ~b9 aoaces of Colorado, lltah and li)"cming, envirODlIlBneal <br />organizations 4 powe~ u~era, ~a~er development iot~ra.~~~ <br />Reclamation. the U.9. FiSh 4n4 wildl1~e Service, ana tn. We~tern <br />Area Power A<lmin iat rat 10" . Tbis Recovery Pro\1ram. now in it. <br />el~venth year oE operation, haa the objective of ~oope~tively <br />recovsring foor endangered fish SF"dies while water development <br />mavea 'o~ward in compliance wi~h e~e Endan~Bred 8peoiea Act. <br /> <br />Beginn1ns in PY 199(, the RecQVery Program initiated <br />e~ecific studie8 ~nd actions in p+dp.~t~Qn for the construction <br />activitiea neceesary to recover ehe endangered fiah. Thes" <br />~Qtivitlea id~lqQed re9tora~ion o~ fi~h paaBage Co histo~1ca~ <br />habitat, inatream flow p.o~ection on tbe Colorado River <br />lmain"te~l, Gunnison Rivet, and Yampa River (incluc!ing <br />enlargement Of the exist!ng il~heacl Reservo!r). and rsoparation <br />or modification of "xiBting projeCtB. Activ1cies included several <br />fish babita~ rB~~oracion proj~ot., including restoration of <br />floOded boe<om1ande .~4 ~et~Bnds in a~ah and COlorado, and <br />dcv"lop~enc of facilicia. for prQpBjet!on and genetics <br />management:. 't'ne FY :zaaa ruM, we a:r~ requesting- will enable <br />cnese vital aC1:1V;CieB to continue and to be guece.st~lly <br />completed in Bubseqqent fiecal years. <br /> <br />"~1'lll't""'''''~.l'l~",,,,. <br /> <br />. <br />