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<br />are in the educational process: Facilitation by Macy Lou Smith-how to better conserve within <br />the basin. The South Platte needs 409,000 acre-feet of new municipal and individual water in <br />next 25 years. <br /> <br />Bill Trampe (Gunnison Basin): We meet the first Monday of every month. Eric Kuhn talked <br />about the Colorado River issues: <br /> <br />No major calls on the Gunnison River since Aspinall legislation (circa 1960) until <br /> <br />2002. <br /> <br />Uncompahgre and Red1ands calls both made calls in 2002. <br />How to made augmentation plans functional. <br />Rick Brown talked about SWSI 1. <br /> <br />Weare getting up to speed on education and about to jump off into needs assessment. <br /> <br />Rita Crumpton (from IBCC perspective): Ten to 30 tears from now: We have the best <br />opportunity we have had in 100 years to address water in this state. What do we want to look <br />like in 50 years? - This is what we should send up to the IBCC. <br /> <br />Jay Skinner: Gay.skinner@state.co.us) The Division of Wildlife was at the caucus. Items that <br />came up included recreational vs. consumptive uses and permitting issues. DNR asked Jay to be <br />involved in this and the SWSI arena so as to not operate in the permitting ambush arena. We're <br />looking for a place to get engaged and to identify areas that folks should be aware of. Let's not <br />leave it to the permitting process because that becomes adversarial. There are three listed <br />endangered fish on the western slope: humpback chub and two sucker species. We need to <br />address what could be coming and what we need to do to head it off. <br /> <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Water Supply and Needs Reportfor the Colorado <br />Basin (supplied by Eric Hecox) <br /> <br />Information in SWSI is pertinent to Colorado River Basin <br />Starting point for needs assessment <br />Review to see where there are gaps <br />How Upper Colorado was integrated into SWSI: This is being done. <br />The Colorado Geological Survey's Ground Water Atlas of Colorado is available in <br />Dave Merritt's office. <br /> <br />9. Today's educational topic: Demographic trends in Upper Colorado Basin <br /> <br />Gary Severson, Executive Director, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) <br /> <br />NWCCOG represents 27 county governments and administers the Rural Resort Region with 33 <br />members. Dave Merritt represents G1enwood Springs within this group. He collects data to <br />determine what is going on in a portion of our region. <br /> <br />L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Colorado May 2006 minutes.doc <br /> <br />5 <br />