Species Conservation Trust Fund Projects

For state fiscal year 2025-26, the bill appropriates $5,000,000 from the species conservation trust fund in the state treasury for various wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service. The executive director of the Colorado department of natural resources, after consulting with the Colorado water conservation board and its director, the parks and wildlife commission, and the director of the division of parks and wildlife, has submitted to the general assembly, for incorporation into the bill, an eligibility list that describes programs and associated costs that are eligible to receive funding from the species conservation trust fund, 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 introduced.)