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<br />(;1 ~P~g!E~Tg~JJjL~l1URCES <br /> <br />Ted Stewart; <br />Executive Pirector <br /> <br />1594 West North Temple, Suite 3710 <br />Box 145610 <br />SaIl Lake City, Utah 84114-5610 <br />801.538-7200 <br />801-538.7315 (Fax) <br />801-538-7458 (TOO) <br /> <br />Michael O. Leavitt <br />. Governor <br /> <br />March 4, 1998 <br /> <br />The Honorable Peter Domenici, Chair <br />Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development <br />132 Dirksen Senate Office . <br />Washington, D.C. 20510 <br /> <br />Dear Chairman Domenici: <br /> <br />I am requesting your support for an appropriation of $8.687 <br />million to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for activities <br />associated with the Recovery Implementation Program for <br />Endangered Fish Species in the upper Colorado River Basin. This <br />amount is included in the Administration's proposed fiscal year <br />1999 budget for the Bureau of Reclamation under the label Upper <br />Colorado Region - Endangered Species Recovery Programs and <br />Activities. It supports the Recovery Implementation Program for <br />Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin ($7.628 <br />million), the San Juan River Recovery Program ($459K) and <br />Activities to Avoid Jeopardy ($600K). <br /> <br />The Recovery Program is a mutually supported program <br />involving the states of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, environmental <br />organizations, power users, water development interests, Bureau <br />of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and wildlife Service and Western Area <br />Power Administration. This Recovery Program has the objective of <br />cooperatively recovering four endangered fish while water <br />development moves forward in compliance with the Endangered <br />Species Act. The state of Utah has been associated with this <br />effort since 1984, and has been a participant in this program <br />since formal initiation in 1988. Due to the transcending nature <br />of the Endangered Species Act, Utah believes timely <br />implementation of mutually-agreed upon actions associated with <br />the Recovery Program is also essential to continued efficient <br />water management and use. <br /> <br />By fiscal year 1994, the Recovery Program had developed <br />scientific and technical information sufficient to define a <br />number of construction activities essential to recovery of the <br />endangered fish. These activities include restoration of fish <br />passages to historical habitat, instream flow protection on the <br />Colorado River (mainstem), Gunnison River, Yampa River (including <br />enlargement of the existing Elkhead Reservoir), Duchesne River <br />