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8240.200.10.L
Description
Colorado River Threatened-Endangered - UCRBRIP - Program Organization-Mission - Newsletters-Articles
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
6/5/2001
Author
James Hansen
Title
Endangered Economies - Alternative Approach to Compliance with ESA Restoring Endangered Fish in Colorado and San Juan Rivers - Forum for Applied Research-Public Policy - Vol 16-Num 1 - Spring 2001
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<br />000876 <br /> <br />being provided in accordance with <br />state law and interstate compacts. <br />Equitable and mutually agree- <br />able funding. arrangements were <br />negoriared by rhe programs' par- <br />ticipants. All the participants have <br />made long-term commitments [0 <br />the recovery programs and have <br />supporred legislarion ro provide <br />conrinued funding. A broad range <br />of activities is being carried out [0 <br />recover rhe endangered fish, and <br />ehe endangered fish are beginning <br />to respond (Q those actions. Colo- <br />rado pikeminnow populations are <br />increasing The razorback sucker <br />was near extinction. Scocked razor- <br />back sucker are now appearing at <br />spawning locarions. Humpback <br />chub popularions are "able. <br />Bonyrail are being reinuoduced. <br />The long-rerm prognosis is rhar rhe <br />endangered fish will be recovered <br />in the foreseeable fueure. One <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />major benefit of the programs is <br />rhar de1isring is a realistic goal. <br />The Upper Basin and San Juan <br />recovery programs are not without <br />flaws. but they are achieving the <br />goals of rhe Endangered Species <br />Acr while avoiding conflicts wirh <br />orher federal and stare laws. This <br />is a truly remarkable achievement. <br />Indeed, Congress and ehe federal <br />agencies could benefir by consid- <br />ering rhese programs as examples <br />of how rhe Endangered Species Ace <br />should be implemenred,. <br /> <br />The Honorable James V. Hansen <br />lS a member of the United Stat~s <br />Congress. He is th~ repr~sentativ~ of <br />Utah, First District, 7 <br /> <br /> <br />NOTES <br /> <br />1, Enacted as P.L. 106-392, <br />2, 5, 2239, ,"traduced by Senator Allard <br /> <br />IR-COI. lS the corresponding Senate bill <br />3. See Secretary of rhe Interior v. Sweer <br />Home Chaprer of Communities for a Grear <br />Oregon, 515 U,S, 687119951. <br />4. Federal and State Species Expenditures, <br />Fiscal Vear 1997; 8ruce 8abbitt, Secretary of <br />the Interior, August 30, 1999, <br />5. Personal communication. Mark Walker, <br />Director ot Public Affairs, Northwest Power <br />Planning Council. <br />6. There is no condemnation of water rights <br />under the program, <br />7. The author WIshes to recognize the <br />contributions of Tom Pitts and Allen Freemyer <br />to the development of this article. Tom Pitts. <br />principal of Water Consult. Engineering and <br />Planning Consultants, Loveland, Colorado, <br />represents Utah, New Mexico, Colorado. and <br />Wyoming water users on the Upper Basin and <br />San Juan recovery implementation programs. <br />Allen Freemyer IS Majority Staff Director. <br />National Parks and Public Lands Subcommit- <br />tee, House Resources Committee. U.S. House <br />of Representatives. <br /> <br />Spring 2001 . 51 <br />
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