BOARD01194

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: Native Species Trust Fund Recommendations for FY 2003-04
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

Dan McAuliff~~
Tom Blickensderfer--f13
Randy Seaholm M*
Rick Brown ~ r

November 13, 2002

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE:

RE:

Agenda Item 12, November 25-26, 2002 Board Meeting - Native Species Trust
Fund Recommendations for FY 2003-04

Background and Introduction

HB 98-1006 created a Native Species Conservation Trust Fund (SCTF). Each year the
Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), after consulting with the
Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and its director, the Wildlife Commission, and the
director ofthe Division of Wildlife (DOW), must prepare a species conservation eligibility list. The
list must describe programs and associated costs that are eligible to receive funding,

The Species Conservation Eligibility List is then subject to modification and adoption
through the passage of a joint resolution by the General Assembly.

When the species conservation eligibility list is submitted, the DNR Executive Director must
also provide a detailed report about the status of certain native species and the progress that has been
made toward the recovery of the species, The report must include an assessment of habitat benefits
attributable to activities that have been undertaken by the state and its partners.

Distribution of Funds

The Act requires that funding be distributed for the following purposes:

. Cooperative agreements, recovery programs, and other programs that are designed to meet
obligations arising under the federal "Endangered Species Act of 1973" that provide regulatory
certainty.

. Studies and programs established or approved by the DOW and the Executive Director ofthe
DNR regarding:

(a) Species placed on the state endangered or threatened list;
(b) Candidate species, in order to assist in the recovery or protection of the species to avoid
listing of the species; and,
(c) Scientific research relating to listing or delisting any species,

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. ConselVation and Drought Planning