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<br />packages were still in effect, Colorado representatives in Washington wound down <br />their efforts to obtain drought program extensions. <br /> <br />A weekly newsletter called the Colorado Drought Coordination Report (CDC) <br />was one mechanism used by the OSDC to promote interagency and interjurisdic- <br />tional coordination within the State. Included on the CDC mailing list were <br />.members of the State Drought Council, State agency heads,-task force managers, <br />and the regional drought coordinators. The CDC included comprehensive <br />information on Statewide and regional climate conditions, Statewide and <br />regional drought mitigation activities, and updates on State and federal drought <br />assistance programs. The CDC afforded drought managers at every level of State <br />drought management ~ summary view of Statewide drought activities, the intention <br />being to promote cross-jurisdictional communication and exchange of ideas. (A <br />CDC has been displayed in Appendix E, page 141.) <br /> <br />Another set of weekly reports, referred to as "Friday Updates," was <br />prepared by the OSDC and distributed to the COG executive directors and regional <br />drought coordinators. Primarily, the "Friday Updates" were management tools <br />employed by the OSDC to update regional personnel on program logistics, e.g., <br />report requirements and deadlines. However, the "Friday Updates" served as an <br />important coordination device in which summaries of regional activities were <br />included monthly. Like the CDC, the "Friday Updates" served, in part, as a <br />forum for the exchange of ideas and methods relevant to drought management. (An <br />example of a "Friday Update" has been displilyed in Appendix E, page 134 .) <br /> <br />Another important OSDC information networking activity was the sponsorShip <br />and organization of a regional drought workshop held on January 19 and 20, 1978. <br />The agenda of the workshop, which included presentations by each of the drought <br />coordinators describing their own drought management activities, was again <br />designed to provide a format for the exchange of ideas. Through the presenta- <br />tions, the drought coordinators were able to identify common management problems <br />and gain exposure to the different approaches in meeting those problems. The <br />workshop was of value also, from the standpoint of affording the drought <br />coordinators the opportunity to meet each other, and those federal and State <br />personnel with whom they worked on a somewhat consistent basis. Part of the <br />intention of OSDC in holding the workshop was to promote face-to-face <br />interaction among those involved in drought management, facilitate working <br />relationship; a freer exchange of ideas, and a more productive use of <br />inter jurisdictional resources. <br /> <br />3.3 THE PRO G RAM ARE A S <br /> <br />During the early stages of the State Drought Management Project, high level <br />State administrators--the Governor, the Governor's natural resources advisor, <br />the State Drought Coordinator, and the State Drought Council--developed eight <br />program areas to provide the framework for subsequent drought mitigation <br />activities. The program areas were devised to facilitate the optimum mix of <br />State and regional drought management capabilities. T~e activities within each <br />program area were to be carried out by multi-agency task forces at the State <br />level and contractually established drought management structures at the <br />substate 1 eve 1. <br /> <br />48 <br />