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<br />TABLE OF CONTJENTS
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<br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . , , . . , . . . . . . . , , . . . . . ., 1
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<br />LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ...............,....,..........,.................. ill
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<br />INTRODUCTION ..............,'........,.......................,.,.,..... 1
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<br />II. WEIGHTED SELECTION CRITERIA. . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
<br />1. OVERALL VISION AND CONTEXT, . . . . ' . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . , . . , . . . . . . 3
<br />Table 1. Colorado Dhision ofWild1ife Wetlands Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . 4
<br />2. WOULD 1HE PROJECT HAPPEN BUT FOR LEGACY ....lJNDING? . . . . . . ' . . . . 5
<br />3. CHARACTERISTICS AND NEED FOR 1HE PROJECT .................... 5
<br />A Project Significance and Need .....,........,............,........ 5
<br />B. Project Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
<br />C. Opportunity; UrgeJIlcy/Jeopardy . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . , . 9
<br />4. IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ....".,......,.................,....... 10
<br />A Direct Benefits of tile Project for the Investment Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
<br />B. Consistency with Loca1/Regional \JOvemment, State and Federal Agency Plans
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<br />and Policies .............................................. 13
<br />C. Project is a Catalyst or has High Demonstration Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
<br />5. LEVERAGING AND PARTNERSHIP .....'.,.,.....,..............". 15
<br />A Leveraging ofFund.s ..,....."......,.,......................, 15
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<br />B. Partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
<br />C. Support for the Project .......,.........,.........,........,... 17
<br />Figure 1. Publk Support for Govemment ProteCltion of Wetlands. . , . . . 18
<br />6. CAPABILITY, STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABILI1Y.................. 18
<br />A Ability to Complet~: the Project within the Project Peliod . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
<br />B. Demonstrable Stewardship . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . , . 20
<br />C. SUSTAINABILITY ......................,...................20
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<br />III. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ...,..,..,.,....................,..,... 21
<br />1. ADDmONALPROJECTINFORMATION ...".,...,...................21
<br />2. ADMINISTRATIVE PREJ1ERENCES .,............,.,...........,..... 21
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