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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: IBCC Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

lllembers of the Public
Diane Hoppe Pete Conovitz
Mary Lou Smith Don Ament
Phyllis Thomas Polly Hays
Rick Parsons Janet Bell
Jerry Pena Bill Jerke
Ben Harding Bob Streeter
Bruce Gerk Fred Walker
Welcome, Introductions and A6enda Review
Harris Sherman opened the meeting, and welcomed Representative Dan Gibbs, who will replace
Rep. Kathleen Curry as the representative of the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural
Resources Committee. He and Eric Hecox reviewed the agenda with the group.
Colorado River Basin Activities and Issues
Rick Brown began with a review of changes made to the scope for the Colorado River Water
Availability Study, using the most recent Scope of Work. He reported that CWCB would like to
use the Colorado River Roundtable meeting on September 24~' to get comments from the west
slope Roundtables.
Changes to the scope since the previous meeting include:
Expedited schedule
Study now two phases, instead of three
Alternate hydrology and climate change to be considered in first phase
Reporting out added at end of first phase (to get agreement before phase 2)
T. Wright Dickinson: Is there any controversy around the documents you're including in the
literature review? As you move through, please consider how widely each document is
accepted.
RickBrown: I haven't heard any controversy. There may be additional resources people
want to add.
Eric Kuhn: The literature review helps someone reading the study understand that there is not
one answer, but a range based on best available research. To build acceptance of the
outcomes of the study, we need to be up front about the uncertainties. Reporting at the end
of the first phase could help maintain interest in the study.
T. TJ'right Dickinson: How will changes in the make up of our forests change the yield of
these basins'? Bugs and fires contribute to loss of leaf canopy that keeps snow off the ground,
and the change in vegetative makeup has both an immediate and long-term impact
Rick Brown: We want to consider how forest changes affect naturalized flow, both short term
and long term. The forest may return to baseline conditions over the long term.