SB 22-158

Senate Bill 22-158 allocates $6 million from the Species Conservation Trust Fund to support programs aimed at protecting endangered and threatened species in Colorado. The funds will be used for various conservation efforts, including terrestrial wildlife ($770,000), aquatic wildlife ($2,230,000), river recovery projects ($1,900,000 for the Platte River and $800,000 for the Colorado and San Juan rivers), Ruedi Reservoir releases ($250,000), and selenium management research ($50,000). This bill has been signed into law, meaning these conservation projects will now receive funding to help protect native species in the state.

Official Summary

The act appropriates $6 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, allocated as follows: $770,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; $2,230,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation; $1,900,000 for a Platte river recovery implementation program; $800,000 for an upper Colorado river endangered fish recovery program and San Juan river basin recovery implementation program; $250,000 for a 15-mile reach of Ruedi reservoir releases; and $50,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring, evaluation, and control.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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