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<br />3. Support Fish and Wildlife Service funds for operation of the Ouray <br />National Fish Hatchery. <br />($297,700 in "Fish Hatchery Operation.") <br /> <br />The Recovery Program requests Congressional support for $297,700 to operate the~Service's <br />National Fish Hatchery in Ouray, Utah. Funding will enable the hatchery to continue raising <br />and holding endangered fish for stocking, research, and "refugia" purposes. <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation budget <br /> <br />4. Support Bureau of Reclamation funds for the Recovery Program. <br />($9.34 million requested in funds for "Endangered Species Recovery <br />Programs and Activities for the Upper Colorado Region.") <br /> <br />Recovery Program participants request Congressional support for $934 million for FY 2000 <br />in "Endangered Species Recovery Programs and Activities for the Upper Colorado Region." <br />This amount is included in the Administration's proposed FY 2000 budget for Reclamation. It <br />would provide the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (Recovery <br />Program) with $7.228 million, the San Juan River Recovery Program with $1.577 million, <br />and Activities to Avoid Jeopardy with $535,000. The $7.228 million would be used for water <br />acquisition and capital construction projects including: <br /> <br />. Fish passage: Reclamation funds would go for building fish ladders on the Colorado <br />River at the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam and at the Grand Valley Project. These activities will <br />benefit razorback sucker and Colorado pikeminnow (formerly called Colorado squawfish) <br />by giving them access to more of their historic habitat. <br /> <br />. Water acquisition: Reclamation initiatives include: <br /> <br />Modification and automation of canals to more efficiently operate irrigation projects near <br />Grand Junction, Colo., and dedicating the "saved" water to endangered fish. <br /> <br />Using water stored in several smaller Reclamation reservoirs to enhance late-summer flows <br />in the Colorado River. <br /> <br />Coordinating Federal and private reservoir operations in the Colorado River headwaters to <br />enhance spring peak flows downstream. <br /> <br />Developing a plan to protect flows for endangered fish and meet human needs for water in <br />the Yampa River Basin. <br /> <br />. Floodplain restoration: Funding is needed in FY 2000 to continue land acquisition, <br />levee removal, and other floodplain restoration activities at high priority sites. Restoring <br />these floodplains is thought to be especially important for endangered razorback suckers and <br />will benefit a variety of wetland-dependent wildlife. <br /> <br />. Endangered fish grow~out ponds: Existing hatcheries and native fish production <br />facilities fall short of meeting anticipated needs. Funding is needed in FY 2000 for <br />excavating or locating several acres of grow-out ponds to raise razorback suckers and other <br />endangered fish for further stocking in the Green, Colorado, and Gunnison rivers. <br /> <br />. Diversion canal screening: Funding is needed in FY 2000 to construct a screen at the <br />Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion canal to prevent endangered fish from being <br />drawn out of the river and into the canals. ([he habitat above the diversion is used by adult <br />endangered fish.) <br /> <br />3 <br />