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Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery

Program Information

Popular name

Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program

Program Number

15.529

Program objective

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.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Information not available. 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 endangered fish in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins while water development proceeds in accordance with federal and state laws and interstate compacts. In Fiscal Year 2016 and 2017, the Recovery Programs continued to provide ESA coverage to thousands of state, federal and private water development projects while advancing endangered fish recovery. The programs implemented management actions and projects to recover endangered fish in the areas of in-stream flow protection, habitat restoration, nonnative fish management, propagation and genetics, research and monitoring, information and education, and program management. Specific examples include operation and maintenance of river gages and infrastructure (fish passages and screens), installation of and maintenance of electronic fish monitoring antennae, coordination of reservoir operations, management of floodplain wetland rearing habitats including stocking of endangered fish in managed wetlands, removal of and translocation of nonnative fish, propagation and stocking of endangered fish, planning for pond construction, research and monitoring of early life history endangered fish survival including larval fish monitoring, database management, population estimates, maintenance of program website and publication of outreach materials.

  2. 2019

    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 endangered fish in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins while water development proceeds in accordance with federal and state laws and interstate compacts. In Fiscal Year 2018 and 2019, the Recovery Programs continued to provide ESA coverage to thousands of state, federal and private water development projects while advancing endangered fish recovery. Proposals to downlist two of the four endangered fish species are currently working their way through US Fish and Wildlife Service regulatory channels. The programs implemented management actions and projects to recover endangered fish in the areas of in-stream flow protection, habitat restoration, nonnative fish management, propagation and genetics, research and monitoring, information and education, and program management. Specific examples include operation and maintenance of river flow gages and infrastructure (fish passages and screens), installation of and maintenance of electronic fish monitoring systems, coordination of reservoir operations, management of floodplain wetland rearing habitats including stocking of endangered fish in managed wetlands, removal of and translocation of nonnative fish, propagation and stocking of endangered fish, planning for pond construction, research and monitoring of early life history endangered fish survival including larval fish monitoring, database management, population estimates, maintenance of program website and publication and distribution of outreach materials.

  3. 2020

    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 endangered fish in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins while water development proceeds in accordance with federal and state laws and interstate compacts. In Fiscal Year 2019 and 2020, the Recovery Programs continued to provide ESA coverage to over 2,500 of state, federal and private water development projects while advancing endangered fish recovery. Proposals to downlist two of the four endangered fish species and associated rulemaking notices are currently working their way through US Fish and Wildlife Service regulatory channels. The programs implemented management actions and projects to recover endangered fish in the areas of in-stream flow protection, habitat restoration, nonnative fish management, propagation and genetics, research and monitoring, information and education, and program management. Specific examples include operation and maintenance of river flow gages and infrastructure (fish passages, and screens), installation of and maintenance of electronic fish monitoring systems, maintenance of online databases, coordination of reservoir operations for recovery of endangered fish, completion of a small student-run fish hatchery at Palisade High School, Palisade, CO, management of floodplain wetland rearing habitats including stocking of endangered fish in managed wetlands, removal of and translocation of nonnative fish, collection of juvenile endangered fish for broodstock development, propagation and stocking of endangered fish, planning for pond construction, research and monitoring of early life history endangered fish survival including larval fish monitoring, database management, population estimates, maintenance of program website and publication and distribution of outreach materials.

  4. 2021

    FY 2021 accomplishment information not yet available.

  5. 2022

    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 endangered fish in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins while water development proceeds in accordance with federal and state laws and interstate compacts. In Fiscal Year 2021 and 2022, the Recovery Programs continued to provide ESA coverage to over 2,500 of state, federal and private water development projects while advancing endangered fish recovery. One of the four ESA-listed fish species was downlisted from “endangered” status to “threatened” status during this time period, and another is proposed for downlisting, which are significant advancements for these programs. The programs implemented management actions and projects to recover endangered fish in the areas of in-stream flow protection, habitat restoration, nonnative fish management, propagation and genetics, research and monitoring, information and education, and program management. Specific examples include operation and maintenance of river flow gages and infrastructure (fish passages, and screens), installation of and maintenance of electronic fish monitoring systems, maintenance of online databases, coordination of reservoir operations for recovery of endangered fish, completion of a small student-run fish hatchery at Palisade High School, Palisade, CO, management of floodplain wetland rearing habitats including stocking of endangered fish in managed wetlands, removal nonnative fish, collection of juvenile endangered fish for broodstock development, completion of a spillway fish screen on Ridgeway Reservoir, CO, completion of a water control structure at Stirrup Bottom (Green River), propagation and stocking of endangered fish, planning for pond construction, research and monitoring of early life history endangered fish survival including larval fish monitoring, database management, population estimates, maintenance of program website and publication and distribution of outreach materials.

  6. 2023

    The Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Programs implemented management actions and projects to recover endangered fish in the areas of in-stream flow protection, habitat restoration, nonnative fish management, propagation and genetics, research and monitoring, information and education, and program management.

  7. 2024

    The Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Programs continued to provide ESA coverage to over 2,500 of state, federal and private water development projects while advancing endangered fish recovery.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below.

  1. Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs, Pub. L. 106-392, 114 Stat. 1602, as amended; Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension, Pub. L. 107-375, 116 Stat. 3113.