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<br />Jerke: Take a look at HB 1400 where we could request Republican Study <br />Money; <br /> <br />Jim Hall: they have taken several steps to come into compliance with the <br />Republican River Compact, although difficult; would be wise to listen to <br />what steps have already be taken before we go fOlward with other steps <br /> <br />Tom Iseman: Nature Conservancy has been working and bringing <br />resources to the area where there would be an overlap with conservation <br />groups that could help address the problem; new opportunity for <br />partnerships. <br /> <br />Jon Metli: Is the Republican River still in litigation? <br /> <br />Shimmin: Litigation over for now; settlement resulted in waiting period <br />for first five year average to come to see if State will be in compliance; <br />NE seems to be in worse shape than CO; KS made it clear that they expect <br />both NE and CO to be in compliance yet both NE and CO in deficit, so <br />when five year period done, will litigation start again? Who knows. <br /> <br />Jerke: Seems that 1400 way to go but we need to understand the <br />hydrology. Phreatophytes and evapotranspiration see to be variable <br />challenges that need to be addressed. <br /> <br />Hecox: Tamarisk Coalition is willing to come to talk to the basins; they <br />have a program on a state level to identify and then ideas to try to <br />eradicate them; could be some support efforts there. <br /> <br />Joe Frank: Do they look only at Tamarisks or other phreatophytes also? <br /> <br />Iseman: They look at nonnative plants and try to restore native plants. <br /> <br />Les Williams: NRCS has a program in trying to remove some of the <br />noxious plants; they deal with private landowners. <br /> <br />Yahn: Much of the river bottom has been purchased by the Division of <br />Wildlife or hunting groups so these groups have really let it go; some of <br />these hunting groups would not be opposed to it because for water fowl, <br />the overgrowth is not good; water fowl has moved away from these areas; <br />so seems like these efforts could be useful. <br /> <br />Jerke: Please put Tamarisk Coalition on agenda for presentation. <br /> <br />Jim Hall: A comment that a comparison of the storms in 2000 and 2006- <br />looking at the magnitude of storms and the amount of loss-the <br />differences in the wake of the storms in 2006 and 2000 is amazing despite <br /> <br />7 <br />