HB 25-1318

House Bill 25-1318 allocates $5 million from the Species Conservation Trust Fund for various wildlife conservation programs in Colorado. This money will help protect endangered and threatened native species, focusing on fish in the upper Colorado River, as well as terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. The bill has been signed into law, meaning these funds are now available to support conservation efforts that benefit both animals and their habitats across the state.

Official Summary

For state fiscal year 2025-26, the act appropriates $5,000,000 from the species conservation trust fund in the state treasury for various wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate native species that have been listed as threatened or endangered under state or federal law or are species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service, as follows: $2,480,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish recovery program; $20,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring, evaluation, and control; $1,250,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; and $1,250,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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