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<br />00];)32 <br /> <br />Species Conservation Trust Fund priorities <br /> <br />species is expected in March 1998, If the PMjM is listed, <br />ranching. aggregate mining. water development, road and <br />bridge building and other development affecting the PMlM <br />or its habitat could be subject to regulation under the ESA, <br />DNR has initiated a broad-based collaborative planning <br />process to develop a legally and scientifically adequate <br />PMlM protection plan and implementing agreements, and <br />5500,000 has been obtained to complete the planning <br />process, Colorado's share for implementing the resulting <br />plan could be $1.5 million. <br />Canadian Lynx. Though there have been no con- <br />fumed sightings for several years, some biologists believe <br />this species occurs or could occur in Colorado's high moun- <br />tainous regiON. In response to a citizen listing petition. the <br />Service reac:hed a Mwarranted but precludedM determination <br />last year. This determination is wuler judicial review, A list- <br />ing and subsequent regulation could affect expansion of ski <br />areas and many high mountain recreational and forestry <br />projects, Cunent1y, the DOW is working with the Forest <br />Service to conduct habitat assessments to determine whether <br />adequate habitat is possible to sulXessfully reintroduce the <br />species into the wild in order to speed its recovery, It is <br />expected that $1,8 million will be required to complete plan- <br />ning activities and implement a species reintroduction and <br />monitorlngplan. <br />ArlcaDsas Darter. The Arkansas Darter 0<:= in the <br />Arkansas River Basin and is designated by the USFWS as a <br />candidate for federal ESA listing. In 1994, the Division of <br />Wildlife prepared a plan to improve this species' popula- <br />tions in Colorado and protect and improve existing habitat <br />The estimated cost of implementing this plan is $1 million. <br />Colotado River Cutthroat Trout One of the few <br />species of trout native to Colorado, this species has declined <br />significantly throughout its range on Colorado's Western <br />Slope and in Wyoming and Utah. If petitioned to list, the <br />(am/mum on nm page) <br /> <br />, <br />) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />On Jan. 22, ONR Executive Director James 5, Lochhead <br />testified to the House Agric:ulture Committee that HB <br />1006 Mis probably the most important natura! resoun:e legis- <br />lation to c:om.e before the General Assembly in many years,. <br />Lochhead testified that ONR estimates that an invest- <br />ment of $24.5 million is needed to fund the programs listed <br />below, <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Existing obligations under the ESA <br />The San Juan River Recovery Program, the Up?er <br />Colorado River Recovery Program and the recently executed <br />Cooperative Endangered Species Agreement for the Platte <br />River Basin are designed to protect species and habitat cur- <br />rently listed under the federal FSA, and provide regulatory <br />certainty to existing and future water users in Colorado, <br />These programs are also designed to allow for full develop- <br />ment of Colorado's compact entitlements. <br />Together, the San Juan and Upper Colorado River <br />Programs c:ould cost as much as $120 million during the <br />remaining 7-9 years of their anticipated duration. <br />Colorado's share for the completion of these programs is <br />projected at about $10 million. The balance - about $110 <br />million - will be paid for by the federal government and <br />the states of Wyoming. Utah and New Mexico, <br />The Platte River Basin effort is expected to cost about <br />$75 million over a 13-16 year period to address the effects of <br />water development as it exists in the basin as of 1997, <br />Colorado's share will be $15 million for existing water devel- <br />opment, plus an additional $3-5 million to offset the effects <br />of future development The balance will be the obligation of <br />our~ <br />An appropriation now into the Species Conservation <br />Trust FWld of $17,6 million would address these recovery <br />program obligatiON over a IS-year period. Assuming the <br />fund will ge<U!rate 6% annual inlerest. expenditure of the <br />interest and principal would deplete this portion of the fund <br />at the end of 15 years. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Other priority conservation initiatives <br />ONR has identified the following dedining native <br />species as among the most vulnerable and, therefore, most in <br />need of the resoun:es provided by HB 1006, An appropria- <br />tion into the Species Conservation Trust Fund of an addi- <br />tional $6.9 million would allow the state to make substantial <br />progress in reducing the need to list these species or. in the <br />event that they are listed, rendering the effects of such listing <br />as to be as unobtrusive as possible to the lives of most <br />Coloradans. <br />Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (PMJM), The <br />PMlM oa:urs along streamside areas on the Front Range <br />from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne, Wyo. The species was <br />proposed for listing by the US, FISh and Wllcllife Service in <br />March 1997, A final determination about whether to list the <br /> <br />Species Conservation Trust Fund <br />Proposed Initial Funding Requirements <br /> <br />Recovery of Usted Species <br />Upper Colorado, San Juan, Platte <br />Conserving Declining Species <br />Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse <br />Canadian Lynx <br />Arkansas Darter <br />Colorado River Cutthroat Trout <br />Mountain Plover <br />Rio Grande Sucker <br />Total <br /> <br />$17,600,000 <br /> <br />1,500,000 <br />1,800,000 <br />l,OOO,ODO <br />1,300,000 <br />1,000,000 <br />300,000 <br />524,500,000 <br />