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II. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to establish a mechanism and .procedures for (1) the transfer of funds contributed by water project proponents and private donors pursuant to the Recovery Program to the Foundation; and (2) the disbursement of said funds from the Foundation to accomplish Colorado River fishes recovery activities. This Cooperative Agreement will facilitate the accomplishment of recovery activities for the rare Colorado River fishes in an efficient and timely manner. III. Authorities Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.L. Sec. 661; Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 742f(a)(4j; and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3703(c)(6). IV. Term This Agreement shall take effect upon execution, with only subsequent contributed and donated funds being transferred to the Foundation, and will remain in effect until completion or termination of the Recovery Program, whichever occurs first. The term of the Cooperative Agreement that implements the Recovery Program is 15 years. V. Specific Obligations of the Parties To accomplish the purposes and objectives of this Cooperative Agreement, each • party agrees to cooperate with the other to fulfill its obligations as herein provided. A. Service Obligations - The Service will: I. When this Agreement takes effect, inform water project proponents and potential private donors of the procedures for contributing funds to the Foundation, pursuant to the Recovery Program. Procedures for payment of the contributed funds will be specified in the Biological Opinion for each water project which causes a depletion of water from the Upper Colorado River system, and the Service is responsible for ensuring that private and State water project proponents make payment to the Foundation. Identify, from the list of projects included in the Implementation Committee's approved annual work plan, those that should be funded by the Foundation with Colorado River contributed and donated funds. Use of these funds will be coordinated by the Service, on behalf of the Implementation Committee, with the Foundation. (Attachment 1 identifies the current process and schedule for development of the annual work plan by the Implementation Committee.) Develop, in coordination with the Implementation Committee, requests- for-proposals and/or scopes-of-work for work to be funded with Colorado River contributed/donated funds.