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<br />Very soon after, and at times concurrently, the WI concept was developed from concept to action <br />plan with the help of a GOCO Planning Grant. ATTACHMENT B details the results of the <br />Planning Grant effort. The very partnerships described in the conceptual WI were being formed <br />and began doing business during the planing process. Focus Area Committees - truly grassroots <br />partnerships - were invited to become part of the WI and have since become an integral part of it <br />(descn"bed in ATI ACHMENT C). These committees have been busy, along with the lead <br />Partners, identifYing wetlands in need of conservation and formulating wetlands conservation <br />project ideas. Additionally, the WP Coordinator has been preparing the DOW infrastructure for <br />this great challenge. For example, communication has been established with several entities <br />including the DOW's parent agency, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Other entities <br />include the: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natural Resource Conservation Service <br />(NRCS); US Forest Service (USFS); US Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Army Corps of <br />Engineers; State Water Engineer; along with several private wetlands conservation companies and <br />groups such as Audubon and the Colorado Riparian Association. Internally, Wetlands Teams are <br />being formulated resulting in more effective communication and synergy. The WI Partners have <br />met repeatedly to work on strategies and processes necessary to make the WI a success. These <br />are just a few examples of what has already been accomplished. These concepts and the WP are <br />summarized in ATTACHMENT D and Table L <br /> <br />Table 1. Colorado Division ofWildIife Wetlands Program. <br />Goal: to conserve 100,000 acres of significant wetlands in Colorado by 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />I. <br />WETIANDS <br />INITIATIVE <br /> <br />Major partnership with Ducks <br />UnIimited; The Nature <br />Conservancy; U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Service - Partners <br />For Wildlife; State Parks. <br />Cooperation to achieve <br />wetlands conservation. <br />Main component for delivery <br />of wetlands conservation <br />projects. Objective is to <br />conserve 15,000 acres by <br />1999. <br /> <br />,-..--,-,,-,.-,-..- ----,_.---, <br />, "PROORAMCOMPONEN'fS <br />II. <br />PARTNERS IN <br />WETLANDS <br /> <br />Creates opportunity for <br />numerous entities <br />(individuals, organizations, or <br />agencies) to cooperate with <br />or partner with DOW on <br />wetlands conservation efforts <br />on a project-by-project basis <br />or on a long term basis <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />III. <br />DOW WETIANDS <br />TEAMS <br /> <br />Applies "teaming" concepts <br />to existing DOW <br />organizational structure; <br />facilitates commnnication <br />throughout the DOW <br />regarding wetlands efforts; <br />produces synergetic effects by <br />bringing many diverse <br />disciplines in the DOW <br />together to address wetlands <br />