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<br />Agenda - 1 00 Years of San Luis Valley Reservoirs Celebration <br /> <br />Monday July 23, 2007 - Reservoir Tours and Opening Evellts <br />9 an1 tours to reservoirs leave fro111 SL V Inforn1ation Ce11ter in Monte Vista <br />Tour #1 - Santa Maria, Continental, Rio Gral1de (Beaver iftil11e pernlits) <br />Tour #2 - Terrace,Platoro (LaJara iftin1e pernlits) <br />Tour #3 - Sanchez, Mountain Hon1c, Sn1ith <br />(A 2-day tour starting Sunday, July 22 includes both Tour #1, Beaver, and Tour #2) <br /> <br />3 pnl S'LV Inforn1ation C~enter - <br />Poet and Art speal(ers discuss poetry and art a11d announce contest winners <br />Poet entral1ts in contest will read their poenls <br />Art show winners on exhibit at Infor111ation Center and Adanls State Marvel <br />House all during the Celebration <br />7 pn1 SL V Infornlation Center - <br />-Rod IZuharich, Director of cwes, presents IZeynote Address <br />First showing of video "Reservoirs of the SL V" <br />Unveiling of traveling exhibit of" 1 00 Years of SL V :Reservoirs" <br />Hayride to the Rio Grande for wienie roast <br />Buggy tOllrs of historical Monte Vista <br /> <br />Tuesday July 24, 2007 - Symposium entitled "Water Storage in the Rio <br />Grande Basin: the Past, the Present, and the Future" <br />7 :30 all1 Carson Auditoriull1, Adanls State College, Ala111osa, c0111plinlentary continental <br />breakfast <br />8 :30 an1 David Robbins, Master of Cerenlonies O!Jens synlposiun1 <br /> <br />The Past: <br />Why 1907'1 - Bill _Paddock will speak about the natural occurrellces, political clil11ate, <br />court cases and jlldicial rulings that il1teracted to l11ake 1907 the year 1110st reservoirs <br />were started in the SL V, and why the ll1aj ority of Rio Grande Basin water is stored ill <br />the hot, dry clinlate of'Nevv Mexico. This will include a discussioll of the <br />establishnlent of the Reclanlation Service in 1902 and the inlpact that legislation had <br />on reservoir construction in the basin and also other factors that influenced reservoir <br />locations. <br /> <br />The Historv or tIle Rio Grande COll1pact - Presented by Dr. Douglas R.'Littlefield~ PhD <br />University of California, Dissertation entitled: "Interstate Water Conflicts, <br />C0111prOnlises, and Conlpacts: The Rio Grande 1880-1938." Dr. Littlefield heads <br />Littlefield Historical Research in Oakland, CA. <br /> <br />The Present: <br />Short l~resentations - Repairs needed, being done or planned on valley reservoirs; Tra\Tis <br />Smith~ Rod Reinhardt~ Bob Robins, Jerry Lorenz, Alvin Kunugi, superintendents <br />or reservoir representatives <br />Underground Reservoirs -- Status and sustainability; Allen :Davey <br />Recreation and Wildlife -I~etired DOW educator Gle)l Hinshaw will tell of DOW <br />involvenlent in early reservoir developnlent and discuss 110W :OC)W uses its reservoirs <br />for the benefit of the general public. <br /> <br />Page ] <br />