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<br />Agreement No. 14-48-0006-96-907
<br />DeN: 60181-6-6032
<br />Amount: $32,000.00
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<br />LEASE AND SUBLEASE
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<br />THIS LEASE AND SUBLEASE is entered into this 17th day of
<br />April , 1996, by and among United States Fish and Wildlife
<br />Serviee, P.O. Box 25486 DFC, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486
<br />("Service"), the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor
<br />Reereation, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 618, Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />("Parys"), and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman
<br />Street, Room 721, Denver, Colorado 80203 ("CWCB").
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<br />Recitals
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<br />WHEREAS, under the Endangered Speeies Act, the Service is
<br />responsible for the proteetion and recovery of threatened and
<br />endangered species, ineluding four endangered fish speeies in the
<br />Upper Colorado River Basin; and
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<br />WHEREAS, section 7 of the Endangered Species Aet, 16 U.S.C. ~
<br />1536, requires the Serviee to eonsult with other federal agencies
<br />to insure that any aetion authorized, funded, or earried out by
<br />sueh ageneies is not likely to jeopardize the continued existenee
<br />of any endangered or threatened speeies or result in the
<br />destruetion or adverse modifieation of eritieal habitat of sueh
<br />species; and
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<br />WHEREAS, seetion 2 of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. ~
<br />1531(C) (2), declares that it is the policy of Congress for federal
<br />ageneies to eooperate with state and loeal agencies to resolve
<br />water resouree issues in eoneert with eonservation of endangered
<br />speeies; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Upper Colorado River Basin states, including the
<br />State of Colorado, play a key role in determining how the river
<br />system's water resources are developed and have a corresponding
<br />interest in legal requirements that eould constrain water resources
<br />development; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the states, including the State of Colorado,
<br />historieally have been responsible for managing resident fish and
<br />wildlife resourees, including threatened or endangered speeies that
<br />oceur within their territories (see, e.q., ~ 33-2-102, C.R.S.;
<br />Cooperative Agreement between U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish and
<br />Wildlife Serviee, and Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources, Div. of
<br />Wildlife, for Conservation of Endangered and Threatened Fish or
<br />Wildlife (1976); and
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<br />WHEREAS, the CWCB is a state agency ereated for the purpose of
<br />aiding in the proteetion and development of the waters of the state
<br />for the benefit of the state's present and future inhabitants,
<br />(~37-60-102, C.R.S.); and
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