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RGBRT 3/11/08 <br />the counties to do this. We don't have enough equipment to pull this stuff out. We need <br />you if you have skills in heavy equipment. Many dead cottonwoods, debris in channel, and <br />increased willow growth. People with propane tanks need to anchor them down. Last <br />word: Prepare yourself! <br />8. Presentation on Aquatic Resource Management by Ted Smith, Director, Aquaculture <br />Program, Trinidad State Junior College <br />Speaking of water, we need to start pressuring coastal states to start desalinization. <br />Western Regional Aquaculture Consortium funded by USDA -Univ. of AZ and TSJC - <br />biodiesel too water dependent. Spoke of micro-algae and other biofuels. Why not <br />capture water from the flooded midwest? <br />Aquaculture and traditional agriculture can go hand in glove. Integrated aquatic <br />resource management -The fastest growing ag industry in the world. He's working on <br />an educational grant from USDA for TSJC as aHispanic-serving institution relating to <br />aquaculture education. Implications for water conservation, sustainability, and farm <br />diversification -include fish along with potatoes, barley. Value of aqua crop makes <br />center pivot corners potential. Ray Wright asked how farmers could use corners, and <br />possibly to form a cooperative for processing and marketing ? Ray: Saguache County <br />artesian wells as hatcheries? Ted: These are certainly possibilities. Mike: Could a <br />standard design be used: tanks, pumps, put together as units which can be put into <br />use? Ted, to some extent but each facility may have to be more specific, and <br />remember it depends on the well's decree ! Ted summarized the TSJC program <br />saying he had more jobs posted that graduating students, who could earn $30,000.00 a <br />year with benefits <br />9 Items for Next Meeting - <br />Consideration of Requests for Funding and Member Appointments. <br />Next Meeting: April 8, 2008, 2:00 - 5:00 PM <br />Alamosa County Building, <br />8900 Independence Way. Go south from Alamosa on Hwy 285 and take <br />the road towards the Airport. For more directions ask Mike Gibson. <br />Page5of5 <br />