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

Water Quality-Water Quantity Coordination Meeting. The quarterly water quality-water quantity .
coordination meeting took place at the Colorado Department of Agriculture on January 31. A copy of the
meeting summary is attached for your review. 'Uhe next meeting is scheduled for April 25. Th~ meeting
will be held in Carson Room at the Colorado De~artment of Health and Environment (Building A, first
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Colorado Watershed Protection Fund (CWPf). In an attempt to encourage Coloradoans to:contribute
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to the CWPF tax checkotTprogram, the Coloradp Watershed Assembly (CW A) developed a strategy
utilizing its membership base and National Publ~c Radio as partners to obtain special in-house 'ad agency
rates for underwriting Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The CW A negotiated with KCFR and
KVOD public radio stations for certain spots within these popular morning and evening news programs
for the Denver/Boulder as well as West Slope li~tening market. The CWPF will receive 35 driye-time
rotator spots on KCFR between February 5 and March 23. In addition CWPF will receive 50 drive-time
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rotator spots between February 5 and April 14 along the West Slope market between Craig and Ouray and
between Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs[ Lastly, the CW A will publish and mail information to
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the membership of all 57 watershed groups in Colorado reaching tens of thousands of targeted watershed
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enthusiasts.

Groundwater Commission Meeting: The Col~rado Groundwater Commission will meet in I)enver on
February 16 at the Parker Water and Sanitation District, 18100 E.; Woodman Drive in Parker.:
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CWC Annual Convention: The Colorado Water Congress 49th Annual Convention was held January 25
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_ 26. The Convention was entitled "The Path 1jhat Lies Ahead, " and topics included climate change and
water supply planning, endangered species recqvery programs, and statewide water supply initiative
reports. .

The CWC's 2007 Summer Convention will be held at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort & Conference
Center in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Au~st 23 - 24.
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Colorado Water Workshop: The Annual Colprado Water Workshop will be held May 22-24 at Western
State College in Gunnison. The Workshop will be a watershed-wide look at Colorado River
controversies sponsored by Western State COlltge. For more information and/or to register contact Pete
Lavigne at Western State College.

Colorado Climate Project of the Rocky Mou~tain Climate Organization: On August 24,.2006 the
Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCq) announced the formation of the Colorado C1;imate
Project establishing a Climate Action Panel (C~) - a broad-based group of Colorado leader~ who are
charged with developing a comprehensive Colorado Climate Change Action Plan. The CAP is charged to
develop recommendations for actions that can ~e taken in Colorado to reduce the State's contribution and
vulnerability to a change climate. A report with the recommendations of the panel is expecte~ before the
end 2007. Recommendations will be forwarde~ to the Governor, the Colorado General Assembly, local
governments, and others in Colorado for their consideration. Additional information about ~e CAP can
be found at the project website: www.coloradoclimate.org. I

The second meeting of the CAP was held on February 15, 2007 in Boulder, CO. Topics of discussion
included a review and discussion of: ' I
. The Colorado Greenhouse Gas Inventqry & Forecast
. A review of the Catalog of Potential S,ate Actions for the following sectors:
o Residential, Commercial, Ind~strial .
o Energy Supply
o Transportation & Land Use
o Agriculture & Forestry

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