ArkansasBasinWaterCoopReport

• Basin Roundtable: Arkansas
• Title: Arkansas River Cooperative Flow Assessment
• Date: 6/1/2006
• Author: BLM, BOR, USFS, DNR
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Needs Assessment Documents

Acknowledgments

This assessment could not have been completed
without an extensive amount of coordination and
cooperation among the participating agencies. The
following individuals participated in interagency
workgroups throughout the assessment and are
recognized for the significant amount of time and
resources they invested in conducting various studies
and documenting the findings in this report:

Water Workgroup: Bill Carey (Bureau of
Land Management), John Gierard (formerly
Bureau of Reclamation, now Western Area
Power Administration), Dan Muller (Bureau
of Land Management), Roy Smith (Bureau of
Land Management), Steve Swanson (Bureau
of Land Management), and Steve Witte
(Colorado Division of Water Resources).

Biological Workgroup: Clay Bridges (Bureau
of Land Management, retired), Mark Elkins
(Colorado Division of Wildlife), Dave Gilbert
(Bureau of Land Management), Doug Krieger
(Colorado Division of Wildlife), Greg Policky
(Colorado Division of Wildlife), and Rich
Roline (Bureau of Reclamation).

Recreation Workgroup: Mike French
(Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor
Recreation), Steve Reese (Colorado Division
of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, retired),
Mike Sugaski (U.S. Forest Service), and Dave
Taliaferro (Bureau of Land Management).

Editorial and Graphics Workgroup: Linda Hill
(Bureau of Land Management) and Jennifer
Kapus (Bureau of Land Management).

The assessment team was guided throughout the
process by a management advisory group, which
was established through a formal memorandum
of understanding. The members of this group
are recognized for being responsive to the study
team's needs and providing helpful advice, on

numerous occasions, regarding controversial issues
that arose during the study: Levi Deike (Bureau
of Land Management), Dave Giger (Colorado
Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation), Alice
Johns (Bureau of Reclamation), Dan McAuliffe
(Colorado Department of Natural Resources), and
Donnie Sparks (Bureau of Land Management).

During the assessment process, the services of sev-
eral individuals were acquired through contracts
and an interagency agreement. The timely deliv-
erables, extraordinary assistance, and dedication
to the assessment of these individuals under these
formal arrangements were extremely appreciated.
Kip Bossong (U.S. Geological Survey) compiled
and analyzed a large amount of historic data, which
significantly aided the streamflow analyses in this
report. Bruce DiGennaro (formerly EDAW) pro-
vided a wealth of insight and strategy towards com-
pleting the recreation user surveys and assessment.
Teresa Rice (formerly University of Colorado
Natural Resource Law Center) completed an enor-
mous amount of research on water uses and institu-
tions. Both Bruce and Teresa wrote reports that are
of such quality they could stand alone as exhaustive
treatments of their respective assignments.

Certain individuals who were responsible for ini-
tiating preliminary discussions and studies lead-
ing to this assessment deserve special thanb for
their vision and support. They include: Mac
Berta (Bureau of Land Management, retired), Jim
Fogg (Bureau of Land Management), Jack Garner
(Bureau of Reclamation), Larry MacDonnell (for-
merly University of Colorado Natural Resource
Law Center), Steve Norris (Colorado Division
of Wildlife), Don Prichard (Bureau of Land
Management), Donnie Sparks (Bureau of Land
Management), Steve Vandas (U.S. Geological
Survey), and Pete Zwaneveld (Bureau of Land
Management).
Several individuals provided the team with helpful
insight and reviews of documents. In particular,

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