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<br />002400 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />r- <br />Basin States/T en Tribes Discussions <br /> <br />Meeting of Basin States' Representatives <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />A meeting of the Basin States/Tribes representatives has not been held since the last meeting <br />of the Board. The Basin States' Technical Committee meeting, originally scheduled for July 3, 2002, <br />was canceled. The Technical Committee meeting was rescheduled for August 2, 2002, and will be <br />held in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Colorado River Environmental Activities <br /> <br />Status of the Development of the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program <br /> <br />The technical contractors responsible for development of the Lower Colorado River Multi- <br />Species Conservation Program (MSCP) are continuing the preparation ofthe third draft conservation <br />plan. Plan development is currently on schedule and within the approved budget for the next fiscal <br />year. There are several important subcommittee meetings scheduled over the next two weeks which <br />Mr. Harris and I will be attending. <br /> <br />Additionally, in my role as Chairman of the MSCP Steering Committee, Mr. Harris and I are <br />scheduling a series offocus meetings with representatives of the six Native American Tribes involved <br />in the development of the MSCP. The involved Native American Tribes include the following: <br />Chemehuevi, Cocopah, Colorado River, Fort Mojave, Hualapai, and Quechan Indian Tribes. The <br />purpose of the Tribal meetings is to further discuss individual Tribal involvement in implementation <br />ofthe LCR MSCP through development of site-specific conservation and habitat restoration projects <br />on Tribal lands. <br /> <br />Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Report - Calendar Year 2001 <br /> <br />On June 18, 2002, I received a copy of Reclamation's report regarding the "Status, <br />Distribution, and Habitat Affinities of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Along the Lower <br />Colorado River, Year-6, 200 I." This report, prepared annually, pursuant to Reasonable and Prudent <br />Alternative (RP A) 2.1 ofthe 1997 Lower Colorado River Operations Biological Opinion, details the <br />current status of the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher along the Lower Colorado River. <br />This report describes the results of Reclamation's monitoring for flycatchers during Calendar Year <br />2001. <br /> <br />Mr. Harris prepared a summary table of the data and information presented in the report, <br />which has been included in the Board folder. During 2001,218 southwestern willow flycatchers were <br />observed. One hundred flycatcher nests were discovered and monitored. The surveyors detennined <br />that approximately 7,200 acres of "suitable habitat" were present along the Lower Colorado River. <br /> <br />7 <br />