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<br />Harold Evans: Ifwe fund out of basin account when could we have <br />de1iverab1es? <br /> <br />Fred Walker introduces guest: Floyd Ciru1i introduction <br />Floyd Ciru1i: Firm does water work: Pueblo Water Board: Parker Water <br />and Sanitation District: Will apply for funding out of this group: 1 million <br />dollar study; <br />See press release with partnership with CSU; Lower South Platte Forum <br />Agenda; kind of study that is important to ag transfers; individual farmers <br />economics and economics of community; and good farm practices; in <br />early April or May will survey 2500 farmers in basin; on agenda in June <br />for Metro; based on 50-60 years of ilTigation, water management, crop <br />rotation, look at historical use of crops and lower use crops; new paradigm <br />in water management; looking at new solutions; old solution of buy and <br />dry: Arkansas Valley... poster child of this kind of solution. <br /> <br />Les Williams: Introduction to presentation on Eruasian Watermi1foi1 (an <br />invasive species on the St Vrain, Boulder Creek and potentially into the <br />South Platte) <br /> <br />Lauri Peter and Eric Fairly City of Boulder Open Space; mapping of <br />where it is; <br />--No single agency cUlTently has the resources to address the problems of <br />eurasion watermi1foi1; <br />--Organized and coordinated early detection and rapid response plan/effort <br />is so important <br />--Need to raise awareness of Eruasina watermi1foi1 <br />Push for state plan which opens CO up to federal funding <br /> <br />Background: <br />Native to Europe, Asia, North Africa; introduced into USA in 1960s; by <br />1988 found in 44 states; in CO, was found in A1amosa County in 1998. <br />Where in CO: Alamos county, Boulder county, Denver county, Jefferson <br />county, <br />--Spread: lake to lake by boat <br />--fragments then break off and float downstream <br />--autofragments may overwinter <br />--once in lake, can dominate lake in four or five years <br />--boat launches are the most common site for first infestations in a new <br />lake <br /> <br />Compare native northern watermi1foil: native: in summer, leaflets collapse <br />in native; <br />Why is it a problem: dense rapid growth; <br />i.e.: Lake George: no fishing, no swimming, no boating: <br /> <br />11 <br />