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00230.i . . prepared a draft analysis (Status Report) of seven of the twenty-two areas. Copies of the analysis have been mailed to agency stafTmembers working on the program. The Status Report provides an analysis of the amount of habitat that can be conserved (by type) and an estimate of water requirements for each area. When completed, the analysis will provide essential information for completion of the Multi-Species Conservation Plan and the EIR/EIS. The Steering Committee directed the Program Subcommittee to prepare a report identifying the tasks that must be completed in order to have the LCR MSCP proposal ready for signature by the Secrela!y of the Interior. The report will identify a schedule of the major milestones, an estimate for the remaining costs, and a statement of the funds expended, obligated, available or needed to complete the program. The Steering Committee requested the report by October 22nd for consideration at its meeting on October 28, 1999. I . , The Steering Committee gave its approval for the LCR MSCP to have a display booth at the Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference from December 15th through December 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will provide another opportunity to inform water users and others about the program and where it is going. Several items are included in the Board folder for your information. The first is a notice from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) inviting attendance at an Aquatic Nuisance Species Workshop to be held on November 8. in Phoenix, Arizona. Also included is a leaflet from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) alerting the public that Giant Salvinia has been discovered in the Lower Colorado River and requesting that the USFWS be notified if the plant has been seen. The plant grows rapidly, and, if unchecked, can cause severe problems for recreation, fish and wildlife. water intake facilities, and pumping stations. Finally, in the Board folder is a letter, dated September 14, 1999, from Patricia Beneke and Donald Beny responding to the March 12, 1999 letter from nine environmental organizations to Secretary Babbitt concerning the Colorado River Delta in Mexico. WESTERN WATER PLANNING Glen Canvon Adaptive Management Included in the Board folder is the Agenda for the October 21" meeting of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Workgroup (AMWG). The primary purpose of the meeting will be to finalize the Principles and Goals for the AMWG. WATER QUALITY Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program Reclamation's Basinwide Salinity Control Program Since the last Board meeting on September 1 ", the Senate Energy and Natural Resources 5