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<br />Biologica1 issues, comment to SWSI; August 2004
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<br />importance of large woody debris, etc~, as well as problems going from small-area study to
<br />larger.. - .
<br />Vierling, K.T", 1999t Habitat Quality, Population Density and Habitat-Specific Productivity of Red.
<br />winged Blackbirds (Agetaius phoeniceus) in Boulder County, Colorado. American Midland
<br />Naturalist 142: 401-409. Impacts of irrigation on nesting success are variable with
<br />predictability and timing of the applications, and may be strongly adverse even though
<br />appearance of habitat is better than reaJityp- Intact habitat ;s not replaced4
<br />Wagner, F"H.t Ed., 2003, Rockv Mountain -Great Basin Reaional Climate Chance Assessment..
<br />Report for the US Global Change Research Program, Logan~ UT: Utah State University~
<br />Walsh, R..G., J.R. McKeanl R..S. Rosenberger, and C.J. Mucklowj 1994, Recreation Values of
<br />Ranch ODen Soace. Fort Conins: Colorado State University~ Cooperative Extension Service
<br />No~ XCM-167~
<br />Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, 1998, Water in the West. Available from
<br />National Technical Information Service, Port Royal.. Virginia.
<br />Withl K.A. and T.O.. Crist, 1995, Critical Thresholds in Species' Responses to Landscape
<br />Structure. Ecoloov 76(8): 2446-2459~
<br />Wiener, J.D, 2004b, Postert Americ~n Meteorotogical Society, -Moving Water from Theory and
<br />Fanns: The Colorado Water Bank Experiment-i Seattle.. (Extended abstract available from
<br />AMS.)
<br />Wiener, J.D., 2002, Presentation at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Orlando,
<br />January. · A Simple Approach to Increasing Usefulness of Forecasts". Ol1ando.. (Extended
<br />abstract available from AMS)
<br />Wiener, J..D., 2003, Presentation at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 'Water
<br />banking as adaptation to climate variability: the Colorado experiment-. Long Beach (Extended
<br />abstract available from AMS.)
<br />Wienert J-.D., 2004a. Presentationt American Meteorological Society, OSman agriculture needs
<br />and desires for weather and climate information in a case study in Colorado.. Seattle.
<br />(Extended abstract from ,AMS+)
<br />Wiener, J.D., 2004c, forthcpming: US Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, Annual Meeting,
<br />Salt Lake City..
<br />Wiener, J.D., 2004dt Comments to Statewide Water Supply Initiative, avaHable from author or
<br />SW Sl website~
<br />Wilkins-Wens, J., 2003, Benefits and Costs of Pressurized Dual Water SYStems in Colorado and
<br />the Potential Role of Canal Comoanies and Irriaation Districts. Funded by Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board.. Sociology Watar Lab.. Colorado State U.
<br />Wilkins-Wens. J.., 2004, ,Pressurized Secondarv Suoolv Feasibilitv Studv. Final R900rt" Funded
<br />by Colorado Water Conservation Board and City of Lamar, Colorado" Sociology Water Lab.
<br />Colorado State University and Aqua Engineering, Inc..
<br />Wohl, E., Virtual Rivers. New Haven: Yale U. Press. Graceful writing. Thoroughly treats
<br />changes in Colorado mountain rivers, and also some changes in Plains; includes history of
<br />irrigation development. By 1883, the area between La Porte and the South Platte was .one
<br />vast network of irrigating canals. · (P" 101 ~ The changes by early 20th century made the rivers
<br />into a -Vast plumbing scheme., (p.. 105) including important effects on hydrology as well as
<br />direct water uses from the substantial early trans-mountain diversions. The impoltant point for
<br />SWSI is that the -natural. is not available; there is no chance that things wHI self-restore or
<br />reach some prior equilibrium -If management ceases"
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<br />The Best-Documented Case: the Platte River Recovery Program and Environmental
<br />Issues
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<br />. Because three state govemmentsy and dozens of state and federal agency staff have worked for
<br />years on the Platte River Recovery Program, along with huge public interest and inputs (Freeman
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