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Mapping the Colorado Basin Rou ndtable’s Water Policy Networks <br />each cluster, as are people of all ages and years of experience in water policy and <br />management. The one area where demographics differ across clusters is in the affiliations <br />reported by cluster members. Respondents who identified as elected or appointed officials of a <br />roundtable are underrepresented in the Protecting Consumptive Needs and Agriculture clusters <br />(Chart 2.4). However, respondents with non-elected government positions are not over or <br />under represented in any significant way in the different clusters. <br />Chart 2.4: Cluster Membership of Respondents Reporting Elected & Appointed <br />and Government Affiliations <br />Elected & Appointed <br />Government (n=58) <br /> (n=17) <br />Protecting Consumptive Needs <br />12% 7% <br />(n=35) <br />18% <br />22% <br />6% <br />Agriculture (n=19) <br />22% <br />Balancing Needs (n=50) <br />9% <br />29% <br />Protecting Non-Consumptive <br />35% <br />Needs (n=47) <br />Current System Broken (n=9) <br />40% <br />Chart 2.5: Cluster Membership of Respondents Reporting Agricultural and <br />Environmental & Recreational Affiliations <br />Agriculture (n=15) Environment & Recreation (n=37) <br />Protecting Consumptive Needs <br />3% <br />5% <br />0% 11% <br />(n=35) <br />13% <br />27% <br />Agriculture (n=19) <br />24% <br />Balancing Needs (n=50) <br />20% <br />Protecting Non-Consumptive <br />Needs (n=47) <br />Current System Broken (n=9) <br />57% <br />40% <br />Respondents with agricultural affiliations are significantly <br />more likely to be members of the Agricultural cluster and <br />Key Finding 2.5: Respondents <br />are not represented at all in the Current System Broken <br />with environmental or <br />cluster (Chart 2.5). They are less likely to be represented <br />recreational affiliations are <br />in the remaining three clusters. Of the respondents with <br />more likely to have beliefs that <br />environmental or recreational affiliations, only eight percent <br />support non-consumptive uses <br />are in the Protecting Consumptive Needs and Agriculture <br />or beliefs that strongly <br />clusters. They are significantly more likely to be in the <br />disagree with the current <br />Protecting Non-Consumptive Needs and Current System <br />system’s structure. <br />Broken clusters. <br />Colorado Institute of Public Policy 25 of 64 <br />