BOARD01468

• Board Meeting Date: 11/20/2000
• Description: Native Species Trust Fund Recommendations
• 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.llS

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Colorado Water Conservation Board Me~er
Dan McAuliffe \
November 13, 2000
Agenda Item 19 - Native Species Trust Fund Recommendations

Dan McAuliffe
Acting Director

Background and Introduction

HE 98-1006 created a Native Species Conservation Trust Fund. 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 ajoint 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 ceitaip native species and the progress that
has been made toward the recovery of the species. The report must include an assessment of
habitat benefits attributable to activities that have been undertaken to 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 DOW and the Executive Director of the
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 of the species; and,
(c) Scientific research relating to listing or delisting any species.