| Summary |
For state fiscal year 2024-25, the bill appropriates $5,000,000 from
the species conservation trust fund in the state treasury for various
wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species
or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by
the United States fish and wildlife service. The executive director of the
Colorado department of natural resources, after consulting with the
Colorado water conservation board and its director, the parks and wildlife
commission, and the director of the division of parks and wildlife, has
submitted an eligibility list to the general assembly that describes
programs and associated costs that are eligible to receive funding from
the species conservation trust fund, as follows:
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$1,800,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish
recovery program;
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$650,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring,
evaluation, and control;
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$50,000 for 3 species recovery efforts;
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$1,700,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; and
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$800,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation.
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