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<br />If one deducts these expenses from the total estimated cost of $1 00 million, along with the <br />fedenil share of$46 million, non-federal parties must still pay $34 million. This amount will be . <br />provided through two primary mechanisms: <br /> <br />I. Upper Basin states will contribute a total of $17 million, with an appropriate amount <br />apportioned to each state. <br /> <br />2. Colorado will loan $17 million to the two recovery programs to be repaid by power <br />revenues collected from the members of the Colorado River Energy Distributors <br />Association (CREDA. This will allow CREDA to both participate in funding the capital <br />costs of the Recovery Implementation Program and meet project repayment obligations <br />within the 50-year time frame established by the Colorado River Storage Project Act with <br />minimal impacts in power rates. <br /> <br />Indian Trust Assets <br /> <br />Much of the potential water development in the San Juan River Basin is for the benefit of Indian <br />Tribes, and most of the designated critical habitat for the endangered fish is on Indian trust lands. <br />The development of Indian water resources and the resolution of Indian water rights (including <br />the Colorado Ute water rights settlement, the completion ofthe Navajo Indian Irrigation Project <br />and the Jicarilla Apache water rights settlement) depend upon the success of the San Juan River <br />Program. Secure funding of the recovery efforts is key to the protection ofIndian Trust Assets. <br />This Act, while not fully funding tribal participation in recovery efforts, will play an important . <br />role in protecting tribal trust assets in the San Juan River Basin. <br /> <br />.' <br />Public Perceptions and Impacts of Proposed Changes on the Endangered Species Act <br />I'" . <br /> <br />The bill does not amend the federal Endangered Species Act. Most of the amendments to the Act <br />that have been considered by Congress contemplate changes in how a species is listed, what <br />constitutes the taking and harassment of a species, or the Act's consultation provisions. None of <br />the proposed amendments eliminate the need for these recovery programs. In fact, most proposed <br />amendments put even greater emphasis on local efforts to protect threatened and endangered <br />species. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />. <br />