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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Nl'U1S tlnd Nores from the <br />SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br /> <br />VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 <br /> <br />The Court Appoints <br />District Board <br />Members <br /> <br />By tht, time you read this <br />newsletter the Tenth Judicial <br />District COHn will likely h~lVe <br />dccidt'd who will fill the five <br />director positions of the <br />Southeastern Cnl(lra(\I) ",.,fater <br />C(lOservancy District (l)istrict) <br />that arc up for appointmeOl this <br />sprin~, The District has a fifteen- <br />mc:miler board of dirc:ctors, Each <br />director sen'es a fOllr-ye,lr tcrm <br />rt'prt'scntin~ :l county withm the <br />nine-county st'n.ice arca of the <br />District. Ihsl'tl upon population <br />and lands within the District. EI <br />Paso county has fi,'c dm.:ctors, <br />Puehlo county ha.. thret", and <br />Rr.;nt, r:haffcl', Crowley, and <br />Fremont counties each have onl' <br />director, one din'ctor represents <br />hoth Prowers and Kiowa <br />countics, and then there is a <br />dirl'C1or ;ll-br~e, which is now <br />representnl hy a Pueblo county <br />resident. The five director <br />position<; t1ut will be appointcd in <br />April arc from the following <br />rc""li"""J""P<JIl<.:......./);rt'(.'"'' <br /> <br />MARCH 31. 2002 <br /> <br />THE REAL TRAVESTY <br /> <br />This week, I had the <br />experience of testifying before <br />the Water and Power <br />Subcommitte~ of the House of <br />Representatives' Resources <br />Committee, I testified in <br />support of I1.R. 3881-the <br />legislation bl.'ing advocated by <br />the communities within the <br />Southe.1stl'rn Colorado \Vater <br />Consl.'rvancy District (District) <br />to start thl.' process of <br />dcvt.'loping much needed <br />additional water storage <br />capacity in the Arkansas Rivl'r <br />basin. <br />It was a humbling <br />experience, not because of the <br />grand decor of the <br />Subcommittee hearing room, or <br />the protocol of the proo,-'edings- <br />--t.'veryonl.' saying "Mr," and <br />"Congressman," and talking <br />nice about each other even <br />though they disagreed. No, it <br />was a humbling experience <br />because I now have a better <br />undcrst.mding of the dedication <br />it took to create the Fry-Ark <br /> <br />Project (the Project) as it exists <br />today, and because the future of <br />communities in southeastern <br />Color<ldo are vested in our <br />ability to create <l vision tll<1t <br />unites us, To think that O\'l'r <br />forty years ago k'aders from <br />southeastl'rn Colorado did the <br />same thing I did the last two <br />days-walked the halls of <br />congressional office buildings, <br />m.1dl.' the sales pilch to mt..'mbt.'rs <br />of Congress, and tt~stjfit..'d bdore <br />the Resourccs Committee. 'n1eir <br />dforts gavl' us the Fry-Ark <br />Projt..'Ct. This time, -to ye<1fs later, <br />we'rt..' trying to do the samc <br />thing--prl'part..' for our future <br />water resource nl'eds, <br />Southeastern Colorado needs <br />additional storagl'. Conditions <br />.1fe dry this year .lOd they'll be <br />dry in the future, our towns <br />have grown in the Illst tt..'n Yt..'llrs <br />and they will continue to grow, <br />and wc need to managl' our <br />watl'r resources moTt." <br />dfectively. And, like bt.'fore, we <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1St'(' IM.\\~:sn tnnlinu.od..nl".\:....l <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />21 <br />3 <br />I <br />4J <br /> <br />I THE COURT ApPOINTS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS/ /THE REAL TRAVESTY <br /> <br />I SPRINGTIME ATTHE DEMONSTRATION XERISCAPE GARDEN <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />2001-02 WINTER WATER PROGRAM / /STREAMFLOW FORECAST/ / <br />WATER ALLOCATION RETURN FLOW <br />PAYMENT CAPACITY STUDY FINALIZED <br />