Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery

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

The purpose of assistance listing 15.529 is 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. The Recovery Programs are designed to help recover the Colorado pikeminnow, Razorback sucker, Bonytail, and Humpback chub while allowing water development to continue in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.

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

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.

The Recovery Implementation Programs are designed to help recover the Colorado Pikeminnow, Razorback Sucker, Bonytail, and the Humpback Chub while allowing water development to continue in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. The term "Recovery Implementation Programs" mean the intergovernmental programs established pursuant to the 1988 and 1992 Cooperative Agreement described in Sec. 2 of the Act. The major portion of the work (between 80% to 90%) will be accomplished through mandatory grant and cooperative agreement awards established by these intergovernmental Cooperative Agreements. The remaining work is done under contracts to purchase equipment for O & M or monitoring work. The types of projects authorized by these Cooperative Agreements include Administration of Water Right; Oversight of the Development of Water Resources; Protection and Management of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Projects related to Tribal Sovereignty; Long Range Plan and Program Goal Development; Protection, Management and Augmentation of Habitat; Interactions Between Native and Non-Native Fish Species; and Monitoring and Data Management. Periodically, the Bureau of Reclamation will have discretionary funding available to make awards for certain types of projects. When this project funding becomes available, funding opportunity announcements will be posted to www.Grants.gov or Fedbizopps.gov

Cooperative agreements and grants are normally written for a 1 to 5 year period.

Depending on the project to be accomplished, an environmental impact statement may be required for this program, but not until after receipt of applications.

Applicants may contact the recovery programs

Specific evaluation criteria will be included in the funding announcement posted on www.grants.gov for fedbizopps.gov.

Upon receipt of applications by the date identified in the announcement(s), the applications will be reviewed to determine if applications are consistent with requirements identified in the announcements. The application/proposal(s) are reviewed by a Federal technical team of experts (along with state and private advisors) against identified criteria. Negotiations, revised applications, or awards will be made based on recommendations from the technical experts. Proposals submitted under the mandatory authority portion of this program will undergo a similar review and screening procedure.

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate, for application deadlines

The Bureau of Reclamation will, however, provide all applicants with information on why their proposals were not selected.