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• Board Meeting Date: 3/12/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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and data associated with the global climate changes expected over the next 100 years. Based upon the
increases of global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1750,
the forecast is that it is very likely that there will be quantifiable increases in overall global temperatures
of up to several degrees Celsius, increases in overall sea-surface temperatures, decreases in annual
precipitation in major regions of the globe, increases in frequency and severity of tropical cyclonic
storms, potentially significant increases in sea level elevation, decreases in seasonal snow cover and
reduced land-surface area of permafrost, and reductions in surface area of the icepacks in the polar
regions. The report concludes that even if greenhouse gas concentrations could be stabilized, or even
reduced, that global warming and sea level rise would continue to increase for centuries due to the
tirnescales associated with climate processes. A summary of the report can be found at
htto://www.ipcc.chland the full report will be available later this year.

Salazar Bill Aims at Repairing Dams: A bill that will create a federal funding program to repair the
nation's unsafe public dams is being reintroduced in Congress.

U. S. Reps. John Salazar, D-Colo., and Randy Kuhl, R-N.Y., are reintroducing the Dam Rehabilitation
and Repair Act, HRI098.
If enacted, the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007 would:
. Establish a program within the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund dam
rehabilitation, repairs and removal.
. Enact a public fund to award grants for assistance to publicly owned deficient dams.
. Authorize $200 million over five years to assist in the rehabilitation of deficient dams.

The legislation is backed by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Association of State Dam
Safety Officials, both members of the Dam Safety Coalition.

. Western States Water Council Upcoming Meetings:
"Water Quality Committee Meetine" to be held in Arlington, Virginia on March 13,2007

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"lS3rd Council Meetine" to be held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on May 2-4,2007

"lS4th Council Meetine" to be held in Bozeman, Montana on August 8-10, 2007
Additional information on meetings can be found at the WSWC website at www.weste;ov.org/wswc

WSWC Workshop on Climate Change: WSWC will hold a Workshop on Climate Change on May 16-
18, 2007 at the_Hilton Irvine/Orange County Hotel; at 18800 MacArthur Boulevard; Irvine, CA 92612;
information may be found by calling [phone] or going online at the WSWC Website

NARF/WSWC Symposium Scheduled: The Native American Rights Fund and WSWC will hold a
Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Water Right Claims on August 27-29,2007 in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel; 330 Tijeras, NW; Albuquerque, NM 87102; information can be
found by calling [phone] or going online at the WSWC website.

Family Farm Alliance Annual Conference: The FFA Annual Conference was held on Feb. 22-23, 2007
in Las Vegas. The topic of this year's conference was "Farming is National Security" The Family Farm
Alliance believes that Western irrigated agriculture is a strategic national resource that must be protected
and enhanced. The conference focused on the progress and challenges faced today. Further information
on the conference can be found at http://www.familyfannalliance.org

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