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• Title: SWSI Phase 2 Report - Section 4 Delineating and Prioritizing Colorado's Environmental and Recreational Resources and Needs
• Date: 11/7/2007
• Author: CWCB
• SWSI II - Doc Type: Final Report

Section 4
Delineating and Prioritizing Colorado's Environmental and Recreational Resources and Needs
~ Section 4.6 Overview of Select Environmental
and Recreational Projects-describes examples
of select case studies and options to address
environment and recreation projects brought up
by all three subcommittees.
~ Section 4.7 Conclusions describes the overall
conclusions of the Environment and Recreation
TRT efforts.
~ Section 4.8 Recommendations provides
recommendations based on outcomes of the
Environment and Recreation TRT.
~ Section 4.9 Environment and Recreation
Technical Roundtable Membership provides a
list of members who volunteered to participate in
this TRT.
4.2 Environment and
Recreation Roundtable
4.2.1 Mission and ®bjectives
The following draft mission statement was
presented at the first Environment and Recreation
TRT meeting:
Identify opportunities in each of Colorado's
eight major river basins to address
environment and recreation priorities
This mission statement was modified during the
first meeting to include the following:
Identify generally accepted approaches
to quantify environmental and
recreational water needs
Identify and utilize existing and newly created
physical, institutional, legal,
and financial mechanisms designed to
serve those needs and values
Additionally, during the first meeting objectives
were identified, but were never formally adopted.
However, they were incorporated into the final
questions to be addressed by the Environment and
Recreation TRT.
4.2.2 Environment and Recreation
TRT Meetings
Three Environment and Recreation TRT meetings
were held to discuss the items shown in Figure 4-l.
Additionally, an interim meeting was held between
the second and third meetings to discuss potential
methods of identifying and prioritizing environment
and recreation needs. Subcommittees were also
formed and met numerous times over the last
2 years.
TRT 2
Presentation of an overview to the approach of addressing
questions.
Discussion of approaches to questions and TRT schedule.
TRT 3
Review of white paper report schedule and interaction with
SWSI TRT that was formed to address the gap between
current and future municipal and agricultural water needs.
Environmental and recreational resource/attribute mapping
and data quality objectives.
Discussion of case studies.
Environmental and recreational project identification.
Discussion of final work products and schedule.
Figure 4-1
Environment and Recreation TRT -Meeting Discussion
Topics
FINAL DRAFT 4-3