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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,. .', j <br /> <br /> <br />Oolorado "1lI7 a'tex.- 'W"" ork&lho-e. <br />George Sibley. Director 910-943-2055 (fax 97Q..943-3380) water@western.edu <br /> <br />December 15, 2005 <br /> <br />Mr. Bart Miller <br />Water Program Director <br />Western Resource Advocates <br />2260 Baseline Road, Suite 200 <br />Boulder, CO 80302 <br /> <br />Re: Letter of Support Related to the WRA CWCB HB-05~ 1254 Grant Application <br />Providing Communications and Technical Assistance to Colorado's Water Community <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Miller: <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Workshop atWestern State College is one of the state's longest running water-education <br />programs; our mission has been'to provide a forum were all concerns and ideas about water and its use can be <br />raised and discussed by the entire "water community." In performing our mission, we fully embrace the <br />importance of water conservation, water use efficiency, and wise water use in our community's efforts to manage <br />our most precious water resources now and into the future. <br /> <br />We also recognize the importance of communications and technical assistance in helping to promote and support <br />more meaningful water conservation statewide. To this point, our organization fully supports the project being <br />proposed by Western Resource Advocates (WRA) to the Colorado Water Conservation Board utilizing lIB 05- <br />1254 Grant Funds. <br /> <br />As a show of our support, we plan to contribute, in support of the WRA grant application, aU necessary facilities <br />for a workshop or forum, including technical support and on-site logistical coordination, if WRA chooses to <br />hold a regional workshop or forum on our campus. Our contribution is valued at approximately $2,000, depending <br />on technical needs. These resources will be used by WRA to heIp conduct workshops, and coordinate and <br />facilitate water conservation forums at locations throughout the state. <br /> <br />With a central location for people from the cities of the Upper Arkansas (down to Canyon City), the Upper Rio <br />Grande (down to Santa Fe), the Gunnison and Upper Colorado basins (to Grand Junction), the college is well <br />suited to serve water managers and users for most of Colorado's mountain region, as well as those right here in <br />the Upper Gunnison. <br /> <br />Our organization applauds the CWCB for developing, maintaining, and administrating its water conservation and <br />water efficiency grant programs, and we will continue to show our support for these important state programs in <br />the future. In administrating the grant programs, we strongly encourage the CWCB and the Office of Water <br />Conservation and Drought Planning to consider the merits of the WRA grant application and award the requested <br />funds to this worthwhile and important program that will benefit water planning managers, citizens, basin <br />roundtable members, and water conservation experts statewide. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />George Sibley, Water Workshop Director <br /> <br />WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF COLORADO. GUNNISON, COLORADO. 81231 <br />