BOARD01080

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/2004
• Description: WSP Section - Native Species Trust Fund, Recommendations for FY 2004-05
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE 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:

Tom Blickensderfer
Randy Seaholm ~

Russell George
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

DATE:

January 17, 2004

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

RE:

Agenda Item 9, January 27-28, 2004 Board Meeting: Water Supply Protection -
Native Species Trust Fund, Recommendations for FY 2004-05

Backl!round and Introduction

HB 98-1006 created the Native Species Conservation Trust Fund (SCTF). Each year the
Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), after consulting with the
Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and its director, the Wildlife Commission, and the
director of the Division of Wildlife (DOW), must prepare a species conservation eligibility list. The
list must describe programs and associated costs that are eligible to receive funding.

The Species Conservation Eligibility List is then subject to modification and adoption
through the passage of a joint resolution by the General Assembly.

When the Species Conservation Eligibility List is submitted, the DNR Executive Director
must also provide a detailed report about the status of certain native species and the progress that has
been made toward the recovery ofthe species. The report must include an assessment of habitat
benefits attributable to activities that have been undertaken by the State and its partners,

Distribution of Funds

The Act requires that funding be distributed for the following purposes:

. Cooperative agreements, recovery programs, and other programs that are designed to meet
obligations arising under the federal "Endangered Species Act of 1973" that provide regulatory
certainty.

. Studies and programs established or approved by the CD OW and the Executive Director ofthe
DNR regarding;

(a) Species placed on the state endangered or threatened list;
(b) Candidate species, in order to assist in the recovery or protection of the species to avoid
listing ofthe species; and,
(c) Scientific research relating to listing or deli sting any species.

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning