WOE104 Multi-Species Conservation Ceremony

The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program is a 50 year plan that aims to protect threatened and endangered species along 400 miles of river from Lake Mead to the U.S. - Mexico border, while ensuring an uninterrupted supply of water and power. The $626 million agreement is cost-shared by the federal government, State of Arizona, California and Nevada. The agreement calls for restoring 8,132 acres of riverside, marsh and backwater habitat for at least 26 species native to the river, including six federally protected species: the razorback sucker, bonytail and humpback chub fish; the Yuma clapper rail and southwestern willow flycatcher birds and the desert tortoise. Ceremony: April 4, 2005 ( Nevada)