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<br />002236 <br /> <br />MINUTE <br /> <br />INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION <br />UNITED STATES AND MEXICO <br /> <br />Minute No. 306 <br /> <br />EI Paso, Texas <br />December 12, 2000 <br /> <br />CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR <br />UNITED STATES - MEXICO STUDIES FOR FUTURE <br />RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE RIPARIAN AND <br />ESTUARINE ECOLOGY OF THE LIMITROPHE SECTION OF THE <br />COLORADO RIVER AND ITS ASSOCIATED DELTA <br /> <br />The Commission met in the offices ofthe United States Section in EI Paso, <br />Texas, at 11:00 a.m. on December 12,2000, to consider a conceptual framework for <br />cooperation by the United States and Mexico through the development of studies and <br />recommendations concerning the riparian and estuarine ecology of the Colorado River <br />in its limitrophe section and its associated delta. <br /> <br />The Commissioners observed that studies are currently being performed by the <br />Commission to improve the capacity of the Colorado River channel to convey normal <br />and flood waters in the 24 mile (36 kilometer) limitrophe section of the Colorado River <br />under the authority of Article 13 ofthe United States - Mexico Treaty for "Utilization <br />of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande," signed February <br />3, 1944. Studies are also currently being performed by the Commission on the <br />preservation of the channel of the Colorado River in its limitrophe section under the <br />terms of Article IV ofthe United States - Mexico Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary <br />Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and the Colorado River as the International <br />Boundary, signed November 23, 1970. <br /> <br />The Commissioners referred to the Commission's binational technical task <br />force (hereinafter binational technical task force) that was established to facilitate <br />studies concerning the Colorado River delta in Mexico, as well as water flows to the <br />Santa Clara Slough which are discharged to Mexico under IBWC Minute No. 242, <br />entitled "Permanent and Definitive Solution to the International Problem of Salinity of <br />the Colorado River," signed August 30, 1973. They made note of the United States - <br />Mexico consultations concerning the proposed United States modification of its <br />domestic surplus water guidelines, currently being conducted under the auspices of the <br />Commission. <br /> <br />The Commissioners noted that each country has laws and regulations <br />concerning the preservation of riparian and estuarine system habitat that are executed <br />by authorities that are provided such responsibility in their respective country. The <br />Commissioners recognized that collaboration is growing between those authorities as <br />well as between scientific, academic and non-government organizations in the two <br />countries which have an interest in preserving the Colorado River delta ecology. They <br />observed that some studies conducted by these groups have provided some definition <br /> <br />COLORADO <br />RIvER DELTA <br />BI-NATIONAL <br />SYMPOSIUM <br />PROCEEDINGS <br /> <br />ENGLISH <br />3 <br /> <br />