16b ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: CF Section - CWCB - Colorado Drought Mitigation and Response Plan Implementation Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
wuu . o~n cU. state. co.us
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
H:uris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Ve~~a McCaig, Section Chief
Dan MoAuliffe
Office of Water Conser~~ation & Drought Planning Acting cwcB Director
DATE: No`~ember 15, 2007
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 16b, November 14-15, 2007 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning & Finance Section-CWCB-Colorado Drought
Mitigation and Response Plan Implementation Program
Introduction
The CWCB Office of Water Conser~~ation & Drought Planning (OWCDP) staff is requesting
funding for the Colorado Drought Mitigation & Response Plan Implementation Program in the
amount of $300,000 to be used to implement the major recommendations identified in the Board
previously appro~~ed Updated Information Pro~~ided in Support of the 2002 Colorado Drought
Mitigation and Response Plan. This Program is needed in order to develop and implement a
comprehensi`~e and effecti~~e State Drought Plan that addresses the future needs of the State and
local go~~ernments and local water providers in their efforts to prepare and mitigate for droughts,
and to adapt to a changing climatic en~~ironment possibly resulting in more frequent and intense
droughts than historically experienced.
Background
At the July 2007 CWCB Board meeting in Craig, CO, the Board appro~~ed the Updated
Information Provided in Support of the 2002 Colorado Drought Mitigation and Response Plan
and appro~~ed the forwarding of these updates to the Colorado Division of Emergency
Management for integration into the Colorado Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan for ultimate
submission to FEMA. Recommended actions for statewide drought mitigation and response-
related actions were recently updated and approved at this meeting. They included such
acti~~ities as:
~ A Comprehensi~~e Update to the 2002 State Drought Plan
~ A drought information website
• A Drought Decision Support System
~ Drought workshops and conferences
Water Supply Protection • Fluud Protection • Stream & Lake Protection • water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate water Management & Development