Board Meeting 01/14/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 1/14/1985
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]

STATE OF COLOR.ADO
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M E M 0 RAN DUM

Richard D. lamm
Governor
J. William McDonald
Director
David W. Walker
Deputy Director

TO:

Members, CWCB

FROM:

Bill McDonald, Director

DATE:

January 7, 1985

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 9c, January 14-15, 1985, Board Meeting
Informational Items
Dingell-Johnson Program

Background

The Dingell-Johnson (D-J) Act was passed by Congress in 1950
to provide funds for the improvement of the nation's sport-
fishing facilities and fiShery-management programs. The D-J .
program is financed through a ten percent federal excise tax on
sport-fishing tackle, with funds allocated to the states by a
formula based on the number of anglers and the land and water
area of each state. The program is administered by the Fish and
wildlife Service with the states providing a $1 match for each $3
of federal funds.

In 1984, Congress passed the Wallop-Breaux Bill, which is
also known as the Dingell-Johnson Expansion Legislation. This
legislation provides for increased revenues for the D-J Program
through a marine fuel tax, tariffs on imported fishing gear and
foreign made yachts and pleasure crafts, and an excise tax on
additional domestic fishing tackle and electric trolling motors.
This expansion is expected to add another $70 million and perhaps
more to the approximately $35 million a year now available to the
states through the D-J Program, almost tripling each state's
annual apportionment. Colorado's present allocation of $800,000
could expand to $2.3 million.

The Division of Wildlife has used the D-J Program funds for
fishery research and inventorying, ?roperty acquisition, boat
ramps and related facilities, and to acquire access easements.

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