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<br />SCOTT MciNNIS <br />3D DISTRICT, COLORADO <br /> <br />([ongress of tbe 'lliniteb ~tates <br />Ti;>ouse of ~epresentlltibes <br />~dgfJin{!tol1. mil 20515-0603 <br /> <br />WASHINGTON OFFICE: <br />21$ CANNON 8UIlDlNG <br />WASHINGTClN, DC tost5-0603 <br />12021 22s-.'141 <br />"AX:f201122~22 <br /> <br />CQMMlTIeE ON RULES <br /> <br />March' 27, 1998 <br /> <br />DISTRICT OFFICES: <br />1'J4 WESTe STREET <br />PUESLO.C061003 <br />17'91~200 <br />fAX: 11191 s.c3-a2o. <br />321 NQATH 7TH STREET <br />GAANO JUNCTION. CO alS01 <br />19701245-1107 <br />FAX:1970IH5-219. <br />1060 MAIN AVENUE <br />"02 <br />OURANGO. CO 81301 <br />(97012~27S<l <br />fAX:C970J 2S9~2762 <br />S21SPlNESTREET <br />SUITE 111 <br />GLENWOOD SJ>ftrNGS. co 8160\ <br />/9701928-<1637 <br />fAX; !9701 928-0630 <br /> <br />The Honorable Joseph McDade <br />Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee <br />on Energy and Water Development <br />2362B Rayburn House Office Building <br />Washington, DC 20SlS <br /> <br />Dear Chairman McDade:. <br /> <br />We are writing to request your support for an appropriation <br />in Fiscal Year 1999 of $8;687,000 included in the <br />Administration's proposed FY 1999 budget for the Bureau of <br />Reclamation within an item labeled .Upper Colorado Region - <br />Endangered Species Recovery Programs and Act~vities." The bulk of <br />that amount, a sum of $7,628,000, is designated for expenditure <br />on construction activities associated with the Recovery <br />Implementation Program'for.Endangered Fish Species in the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin (Recovery Program) . <br /> <br />The Recovery Program is a mutually supported program <br />involving the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, environmental <br />organizations" power users, water.development interests, <br />Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service, and the Western <br />Area Power Administration. This Recovery Program, now in its <br />tenth year of operation, has the objective of cooperatively <br />recovering four endangered fish while water development continues <br />in compliance with the Endangered Species Act. <br /> <br />Beginning in Fiscal Year 1994, the Recovery Program <br />initiated specific studies and actions in preparation for the <br />construction activities necessary to recover the endangered fish. <br />These activities included restoration of fish passage to <br />historical habitat, instream flow protection on the Colorado <br />River (mainstem), Gunnison River, and Yampa River (including <br />enlargement of the existing Elkhead Reservoir), and re-operation <br />or modification of existing projects. Activities included <br />several fish habitat restoration projects, including restoration <br />of flooded bottom lands and wetlands in Utah and Colorado, and <br />development of facilities for propagation and genetics <br />management. The Fiscal Year 1999 funds we are requesting will <br />enable these vital activities to continue and to be successfully <br />implemented in subsequent fiscal years. <br /> <br />PRINTED ON RECYCLEO PA.PER <br />