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<br />Plan and Host Water Education Provider Meetings <br /> <br />Two meetings for water education providers/stakeholders were held, one on April 30 and the <br />other on October 16 at the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Hunter Education Building in <br />Denver. Nancy Kellogg, Coordinator, and Don Hollums, Colorado Department of Education, <br />convened these two meetings. Thirty-three water education providers representing school <br />districts, water utilities, Colorado Water Conservation Board, universities and colleges, <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Department of Education, wastewater districts, <br />Ocean Journey, Project Learning Tree, Project Wet, Water's Ways, Colorado Watershed <br />Network, Colorado Foundation for Agriculture, water conservation and conservancy <br />districts, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Environmental Protection Agency attended this <br />meeting. Participants shared programs and information and discussed how they can collaborate <br />in the future. Many of the participants had not met before and in some cases did not know <br />about some of the water education programs/activities offered by others. The group saw a <br />need for future meetings, more adult education programs, and coordination of Colorado water <br />education efforts. Attachment B summarizes how the April 30 meeting met their needs and <br />future needs for water education. The October l6 meeting in Denver was described in detail <br />in the previous paragraph on a water education plan. Additional meetings were planned for <br />Grand Junction and Durango. The Grand Junction meeting was cancelled due to the low number <br />of people who could attend. The Durango meeting was also cancelled since the water providers <br />in that area ofthe state work closely on a regular basis. <br /> <br />Set Up and Provide Ongoing Communication Through Listserve for Water Education <br />Providers and CWCB <br /> <br />A listserve was set up by the Coordinator and currently has 105 members receiving ongoing <br />communication about a variety of topics such as water provider meetings, workshop and <br />conference opportunities, water information, water education resources, and input on <br />planning for a water education foundation. In addition the Coordinator communicated <br />regularly with Dan McAuliffe, Tom Cech, Chris Treese, Judith Daley, Dave Munk, Don <br />Hollums, Rita Crumpton, and Alisabeth Hohn about ongoing operation of the Colorado <br />water education effort, the two pilot education classroom projects (Learning to be WaterWise <br />and Water's Ways), and the evaluation of the two pilot projects. The Coordinator also hosts a <br />listserve for the Colorado Science Education Network. She shares information on water <br />education across the water provider and science network groups and recruited several members <br />ofthe science network to become involved with the water education group. Water education <br />information was also sent to the MAST Center at the University of Northern Colorado which <br />was disseminated through their listserve. Links with a wide range of organizations/centers <br />via telecommunications has greatly enhanced communication on water education. Through <br />email the Coordinator collected survey information on water education efforts. See the survey <br />summary as Attachment C. <br /> <br />2 <br />