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<br />chair role, I'm open to this. I feel like I'm filling a temporary role in this, but not really the best
<br />person for it. Whatever needs to happen is fine with me.
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<br />Ken: I think, to back up, I agree with mitigation subcommittee, its good to focus on these issues.
<br />It's been tough, so much going on, to keep up to date, it's tacked on the end. No problem
<br />helping out with that role, Dave and I. At a point to get active in this, lots of discussion, need to
<br />work on aspects of Chapter 4, we're happy to be involved.
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<br />Tom: The goal, a voice or representative to be on the agenda regularly for coordination
<br />meetings, and to report back. Go through key elements of action actions, what's pending, hand
<br />out info, has a more formal processes. Thought I'd throw this out. I appreciate your thoughts,
<br />you can call or e-mail me. Next meeting, get word from Brooke. Get the right people plugged
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<br />Ken: This seems to be working well, when we get to the environmental discussion, we can
<br />coordinate this.
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<br />Tom: Does anyone have a problem if the e-mails start coming from Brooke on getting agendas
<br />and meeting set? OK.
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<br />Rick: She'll coordinate with you, right?
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<br />Tom: She can get agendas out ahead of time, so we can get comments back.
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<br />Steve - Mary Powell here will be the rowing oar with mitigation issues, we're working together,
<br />been asked to assist with the EIS team on behalf of the water providers group, the water users?,
<br />Working on their behalf to help in development of mitigation. Met on Tuesday with Tom Ryan,
<br />Gary Drendel, Brooke Fox, Grace Berber(?), Betty Peake and Eric Laux, talking about where the
<br />mitigation was going and how we might be able to assist, determined Mary and I will develop
<br />the mitigation option, and start with Prebles, and that's going to be more of a system-based
<br />approach. Right now Tom and Gary's is a site specific approach, for multiple sites, we're going
<br />to take a look at trying to anchor that mitigation back into the draft recovery plan for Prebles,
<br />Chatfield Basin, Douglas County master plan, existing public and private efforts have taken
<br />place, primarily in the Plum Creek watershed. More of a system-wide conservation plan, trying
<br />to knit together existing, proposed and future conservation efforts, so you have connected
<br />riparian habitat that will support Prebles. I think those properties would also benefit other
<br />wildlife species. That's what we're stitching together, and right now it appears in the draft EIS
<br />as an option. Still have what Tom and Gary are working on, but also have this option, and
<br />perhaps in the final stitched on. First priority is onsite mitigation in Chatfield. With the
<br />_? _ alternative, there's 300 acres ofPrebles habitat, not going to get 300 acres back of
<br />Preble's habitat at Chatfield, but we can keep in same watershed. Side note, Fish and Wildlife
<br />announced Prebles is being proposed to continue to be listed in Colorado, and proposing to
<br />remove it from list in Wyoming. (No politics, right? Ends at state line. No challenge there for
<br />arbitrary and capricious). Final rule will be out in June 2008 but in terms of your planning
<br />process, nothing really changes. Happy to be part of the team, as one of our priorities, we would
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