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<br />STATE OF COLORAOO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br /> <br />DIVISION OF WilDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br /> <br />John W. Mumma, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297,1192 <br /> <br />May 1, 1997 <br /> <br />Mr. Will Shafroth, Executive Director <br />State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust fund <br />303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 <br />Denver, Colorado 802031 l',. I <br /> <br />DearMr~th: ~ <br /> <br />Occasionally an opportunity comes along that is so uniqu~: and with so many possibilities that one <br />is instantly aware of its magnitude anll potential. The Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project I am <br />forwarding to you is that kind of opportunity for Colorado, the Division of Wildlife and Great <br />Outdoors Colorado. It is an excellent example of a major ]~r~ject that fi)cuses on our mutual goals <br />and priorities. This is an opportunity, unlike any seen for a long time, for our organizations to <br />work together for the benefit of the people of Colorado and for the benefit of a very important <br />wildlife habitat type and its associated, wildlife. <br /> <br />How appropriate it is that the Wetlands Initiative, an innovative and uniique approach to wetlands <br />conservation, has come about on the L OOth anniversary of our agency. I have described our <br />100-year-old agency as a new DivisiOIl ofWildllfe preparing for and poiised for the next century, <br />the next millennium. The Wetlands htitiative is a definitive: example of our commitment to make <br />the necessary changes and create the innovative strategies that a new division will require. <br /> <br />The Wetlands Initiative will allow all of us concerned with the loss of habitat to focus on the <br />conservation of a very valuable wildliH: habitat - wetlands. The many p:artners, all with great track <br />records in the wetlands conservation, the multitude of funding possibilities, the enthusiasm <br />throughout the state, and the synergy resulting from this cooperative effort, all point to an <br />outstanding success. <br /> <br /> <br />cc: Great Outdoors Colorado Board <br />Colorado Wildlife COmmiSsiOEI <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATUFIAL RESOURCES, James S, Lochhead, Ex"cutive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Arnold Salazar, Chair. Rebecca L, Frank, Vice Chair. Mark LeVailey, Secretary <br />Louis F. Swift, Member. Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member <br />Chuck Lewis, Member. John Stl,.llp, Member" James R. Long, Member <br />