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Approving the 2022 Memorandum of Agreement for the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program
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The Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program (Collaborative Program) was established by the 2003 Memorandum of Understanding, which was superseded by the 2008 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). The Water Authority has been a member of the Collaborative program from the beginning. Substantive changes in the structure and operation of the Collaborative Program have occurred and this MOA supersedes previous agreements. Signatories to this MOA reaffirm the Collaborative Program as consisting of federal, state, and local government entities, Indian Tribes and Pueblos, and non-governmental organizations engaged in collaborative efforts to benefit listed species in the Middle Rio Grande.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. Funding for the Collaborative Program is not changed by the updated MOU.