BOARD02188

• Board Meeting Date: 11/19/2001
• Description: Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund - Replacement of Funds and New Administration
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
I3 I 3 Shennan Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.u5

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E. Wa1cher
Executive Director

TO:
FROM:
DATE:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Dan McAuliffe
November 9, 2001 ~

Rod Kuharich
Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

RE: Agenda Item #27c - Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund
Replacement of Funds and New Authorization

In 1988 the Colorado General Assembly created a Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund within the
Construction Fund and $5 million was placed in the fund.

Since 1988 the money has been spent:
. $1,25 million for the Grand V alley Water Management Program.
. $2 million for the Native Aquatic Species Facility.
. $1,28 million for purposes related to the Wolford Mountain Reservoir Project
. $400,000 for the purposes related to the Stagecoach Project
. $1 million for the Native Species Conservation Trust Fund.

And, when the General Assembly created the Platte River Coordinator position in 1999, a footnote was
added to the Long Bill. The footnote indicates that although the positiDn and the operating costs
associated with the duties of the coordinator are annually appropriated via the Long Bill, the fund source
is the Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund.

As a result of continual annual appropriations ($378,036 in FY 00, $377,563 in FY 01 and $233, 916 in
FY 02) there is less than $50,000 remaining in the fund.

In creating the fund, the General Assembly stated that fish and wildlife resources affected by the
construction, operation, or maintenance of water diversion, delivery, or storage facilities should be
mitigated. It also stated there should be a balance between the development of the state's water resources
and the protection of the state's fish and wildlife resources, because fish and wildlife resources are a
matter of statewide concern.

As a result, water developers were encouraged to submit grant applications for funds to mitigate project
impacts.

Flood Protection. Project Planning & Finance. Stream & Lake Protection.
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning

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