SB 17-202

Senate Bill 17-202 allocates $1.5 million from a special fund to protect endangered and threatened species in Colorado. The money will be used for projects like conserving native land animals ($375,000), protecting native fish ($375,000), helping the Platte River ecosystem recover ($600,000), and controlling non-native fish that harm local wildlife ($150,000). This bill has been signed into law, meaning these conservation efforts are now funded and underway to help protect Colorado’s native species.

Official Summary

The bill appropriates $1.5 million from the species conservation trust fund for programs submitted by the executive director of the department of natural resources that are designed to conserve native species that state or federal law list as threatened or endangered or that are candidate species or are likely to become candidate species as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service as follows: Native terrestrial wildlife conservation, $375,000; Native aquatic wildlife conservation, $375,000; Platte river recovery implementation program, $600,000; and Nonnative fish control, $150,000.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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