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<br />,~ . rbl)-a-~UU 1 1 HU U~; ~~ 1"1'1 urnI'{ LiU ru V~I\ vUrJn <br /> <br />~~,..J+o jk~A;/~ ;&0" If /fi. <br />--r;;//d.)-; ~ ~ <br />.;.~ ''1~i;~ <br />DRAFT - Not for release or attribution -- DRAFT <br /> <br />rn^ !'iV. <br /> <br />OUl~')!OIU'" <br /> <br />1. U! <br /> <br />. \ OM 962 <br />~~ <br /> <br />.--- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Report on Sources of Immediately Available Water to Sustain <br />Colorado River Delta Ecosystems <br /> <br />Prepared for to the David and Lucille Packard Foundation by <br /> <br />('- <br /> <br />&"-~ <br /> <br />. L / <br />e ic7/ ~o <br />The Colorado River Del\~.J9. ,Mexico was a world-class ecological treasure u'ntil <br />the river's flows wer~liamessed and depleted by a vast network of water <br />facilities that ~constructed to selVe water and power needs. Increased water <br />demands on the Colorado River by the United States and Mexico have deprived <br />the Delta of waterl causing loss of fish, wildlife, and plants whose habitats <br />depend on the wetlands and riparian corridors along approximately 100 miles of <br />the Colorado River in Mexico and the inter-tidal area where the Colorado River <br />meets the Gulf of California. <br /> <br />Wei i!..e.&(f' 'lire/of!. ~tr-I/v// re.s2€.rvO; rs J <br />Since 1983'1i.e99JJj91'~1 waters, beyond Mexico's 1944 Treaty allotment, Iliwe---t-& J (Ni.; <br />f~e'''~ to the Delta. These waters have helped to re-establish some of the <br />habitat that previously flourished and has rescued some areas and species from <br />extinction. Thesi!cological improvements iIIustrater6 the potential for recovering <br />ecosystems of the Colorado River Delta, It also has provided opportunities to <br />study and determine the effects of providing water to the Delta's ecosystems and <br />to se~ realistic goals for restoration.1 F___~i.,-,>-,'J-;:~~'; ,bJ/~65.~X.uS f-r"".~ flu-- /,,/Cbt:;;: <br />fp -;l-k SI-.ft,,'l<'L- ,iavc e;Lul",c] "A ~..t.- p--ec~,~e--.r(/. <br /> <br />It is reasonable to expect that today's Delta ..ragain be placed in jeopardy and <br />that immediate measures are necessary to preserve the ecological progress that <br />was made. Demands for water in the United States and Mexico are not likely to <br />decljne and river operations wiU not be substantially different unless measures <br />are taken to provide water to the Delta. l}nder the laws governing the river there , <br />are ,no ~xplicit requirements ~or providing water to sustain ~g~m5-inMe.xicCl..!.;') e .I~r ~ <br />Obligations under the environmental laws have not yet been determlned-o-..J M0. d4.(J <br />Meanwhile, regulations of the US Department of the Interior known as Interim '.::I e.>ll~t, <br /> <br />Jo Clark <br />Michael Clinton <br />Paul Cunningham <br />David H. Getches <br />Malissa Hathaway McKeilh <br />Luis Octavio Morales <br />Carlos Valdes-Casillas <br />Luis Lopezgamez <br />Alberto Szekeley <br /> <br />FEB 22 2001 <br />COlorado Water f'.......c <br />-"'~~ <br />COloraao lA, <8oara <br />.rater C <br />OOservation B <br />Dare <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />1 A well-documented report explains the history and nature of the problem. See Environmental <br />Defense Fund, A Delta Once More, June, 1999. <br /> <br />.----- - <br /> <br />. I 7671 1~~~~ _, // 1~~~5~ <br /> <br />Post-W Fax Note <br /> <br />~ <br />