Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery

Objective

The Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Programs (Recovery Programs) are partnerships composed of State, Tribal and Federal agencies, water and power interests, and environmental groups working to recover four endangered fish in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins while water development proceeds in accordance with federal and state laws and interstate compacts. The Recovery Programs focus on seven elements of recovery: instream flow, habitat restoration, nonnative fish control, information, and education, propagation and genetics, research and monitoring, and program management. To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.

Who Can Apply

• Federal
• Interstate
• Intrastate
• State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
• Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments

Federal, Interstate, Intrastate, State and Local governments; Public Institution/Organizations, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments and private contractors.

Who Benefits

• Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
• Anyone/general public
• Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments

Indian Tribes in the location of the San Juan River Basin and in the Duchesne River Basin, and the general public in the Colorado River Basin.

Assistance Types

• Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)

Program Contact

kpedersen@usbr.gov
385-272-0573