Laserfiche WebLink
<br />North Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting 8-22-06 <br /> <br />. How would coal bed methane impact water supply? Water produced from energy <br />development may raise quality and quantity issues. <br />. In stream flow rights-are there places where in stream flow rights could be filed <br />without injury to senior rights? A sub-basin level analysis would provide this <br />information. <br />. Climatology data might provide insights as to trends that potentially could impact <br />future flows on the North Platte. <br /> <br />Education <br />Kent distributed a message from the recently formed IBCC Public Education and <br />Outreach working group. Our Roundtable thinks that educating ourselves is truly the first <br />step and then we can facilitate educating the public on water issues. The following points <br />related to education were made. <br /> <br />. A website might be useful to gather public comment and utilize it as deemed <br />appropriate. <br />. Everyone should become a member of the Colorado Foundation for Water <br />Education so they can receive their informative publications. Their website is <br />www.cfwe.org. Perhaps the IBCC could pay for those memberships. Some <br />members are already receiving the CFWE publications. <br />. The North Platte Roundtable will start scheduling Y:z hour presentations at the <br />beginning of every meeting designed to educate us as members of the Roundtable. <br />. Erin Light, our Division of Water Resources liaison will provide the first <br />presentation on the United States Supreme Court Decree during our next meeting. <br />Eric Wagner is willing to provide some written information that might help <br />everyone grasp the importance of the US Supreme Court Decree. <br />. Other topics to address are consumptive uses in the North Platte Basin and the <br />methodologies and formulas used to determine amounts of consumption, the <br />Three-State Agreement, and Conservancy District presentations. <br />. We will invite Jim Dustin to attend some of our meetings where presentations will <br />be given. <br /> <br />We discussed potential meeting times and days. Meetings will be held either the 1 st, 3rd, <br />th d I st nd rd I d '11 I d I' b <br />or 4 Tues ay or t Ie l' , 2 , or 3 T lUrs ays. We WI sc Ie u e meetlllgs Decem er- <br />May from 3-5 pm and June-November from 7-9 pm. <br /> <br />Kent will check the USFS calendar and notify everyone regarding the next meeting dates. <br /> <br />Note: 8-24-06 <br />Kent has scheduled the remaining 2006 meetings (?fthe North Platte Basin Roundtable as <br />follows: All meetings are scheduled 0/1 Tuesdays at the USFS Co/?ference Room. <br />9-26-06: 7-9 p.m. <br />10-24-06: 7-9 p.m. <br />11-28-06: 7-9 p.m. <br />12-19-06: 3-5 p.m. <br /> <br />3 <br />