HB 23-1274

House Bill 23-1274 allocates $5 million from the Species Conservation Trust Fund to protect endangered and threatened species in Colorado. The funds will be used for various conservation programs focusing on terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, as well as specific river recovery efforts and selenium management research. This bill has been signed into law by the governor and is now effective, meaning these conservation projects can start receiving funding immediately.

Official Summary

The act appropriates $5 million from the species conservation trust fund for programs that are designed to conserve native species that state or federal law lists as threatened or endangered or that are candidate species or are likely to become candidate species for such listing as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service. Of the $5 million, the act allocates $750,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation, $1,500,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation, $2,200,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish recovery program and the San Juan river basin recovery implementation program, $50,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring, evaluation, and control, and $500,000 for the federal endangered species act litigation program. APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 5, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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