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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />IV. Navajo Reservoir Re-operation ElS <br />1. Navajo, Jicarilla, Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Reserved Water <br />Right Settlement Agreements requirement <br />v. Cooperative Agreement extended 2023 & Revised Program Document <br />c. Glen Canyon Adaptive Mgt. (Upper Basin Importance) (FACA Funded) <br />i. Grand Canyon Protection Act - Colorado River Ecosystem <br />ii. Long-Term Experimental Plan EIS-(CBD Litigation Settlement requirement) <br />1. CWCB will be Cooperating Agency <br />2. Temperature Control Devise & Sediment issues <br />lll. Separate Humpback Chub Recovery effort desired <br />d. Platte River Recovery Program ($24 Million SCTF Appropriation, Phase 1) <br />i. Whooping Crane, Piping Plover, Least Tern & Pallid Sturgeon <br />ii. Cooperative Agreement & Program Documents just signed <br />lll. State Representatives (Don Ament, Ted Kowalski) <br />IV. Federal Legislation introduced for Federal Participation & Funding Support <br />v. Program Executive Director Needed <br />VI. SPWRAP - Participate with local water user groups <br />1. MOU with DNR (Financial Backstop, Water & Future Depletions) <br />vii. CD OW Tamarack Project (Colorado Water Obligation, $2.0 Million Sev Tax) <br />4. Recreational In-Channel Diversions <br />a. Revised Statute reduces CWCB hearing requirements, sets limits on amounts <br />b. Durango - Settlement Discussions or Trial in May <br />c. Carbondale - Working on Settlement <br />d. Silverthorne - Likely to Stipulate Out <br />e. Construction Fund RICD Study - $150,000 from the Construction Fund for CWCB <br />Recreational and Environmental Instream Flows Study, with the following objectives: 1) to <br />analyze how instream flow water rights (ISF and/or RICD's) have affected, and will affect in <br />the future, water management in Colorado; 2) to provide an objective analysis of the different <br />quantification methods; and, 3) to determine the true economic benefits associated with these <br />types of water rights; and/or, 4) other inquiries determined appropriate by the Board. <br />f. Severance Tax Litigation Funding ($40 Million available) <br />5. Animas-La Plata Project <br />a. About 50% constructed <br />b. Operation & Maintenance Agreement among contractors receiving project water <br />required - Negotiations on-going, CWCB participating <br />c. State of Colorado needs to decide whether or not to contract for its allocation <br />d. Consent Decree Modifications to conform with 2000 Settlement Act <br />i. Motion to Reconsider limitations Water Court placed on Tribal diversions <br />e. Southwester Water Conservation District ALP Conditional Water Rights Diligence- <br />CPA has appealed to Colorado Supreme Court <br />f. Administration of ALP water rights for accounting combining State Water Right <br />Administration with Project Authorization (Coordinate with SEO & USBR) <br />g. Long Hollow Reservoir Permitting Assistance (La Plata Basin compromise on ALP) <br />6. Federal Reserved Water Rights <br />a. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park <br />i. Federal Ruling (ElS or Renegotiate Settlement Agreement) <br />b. Water Division 7 Forest Service Water Rights - No Action <br />i. Coordinate with Instream Flow Section <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning <br />