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II a c IJ c [ r [ lJ [ G [ t ( R C C r. ~ Final Report Colorado Partners for Wildlife National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant NA WP #94094 On December 23, 1993, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation approved a challenge grant of $300.000 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Colorado Partners for Wildlife Program. Although adequate matching non, federal challenge funds were available to the Partners for Wildlife program from December 1993, timd transfer to the Foundation proved more time consuming than anticipated, The Colorado Division of Wildlite provided the required challenge 01'$200,000 to the Foundation on January 18, 1996, Besides the $200,000 provided by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, money from Ducks Unlimited, appropriated Fish and Wildlife Service funds, the Playa Lakes Joint Venture, and a challenge cost share grant from the Fish and Wildlile Service rounded out funding lor fiscal year 1996, Figure I presents the funding partners by percent of the total program. This year also saw the first Colorado private lands project in which Ducks Unlinlited provided project design and construction management as thier contribution. Both Ducks Unlimited and FWS expect this type of cooperation to increase. FY 1996 FUNDING PARTNERS NFWF (16.84%) DU MARSH (12.63%) Figu re 1 The Wildlife Extension Agreement (WEA) is the mechanism used by the FWS to obligate and transfer project funds to cooperating landowners, From October I. 1995 to December 31, 1996, the Partners lor Wildlile program signed 85 agreements with 82 landowners to restore, create or enhance wildlife habitats on 2,073 acres of wetland, 3,239 acres of upland. and approxinlUtely 14 miles oCriparian corridor. This work was accomplished at a cost of$493,528.91 not including salaries. Figure 2 displays the number of WE As by project area within Colorado,