CSIReportColoradoBasinRoundtable

• Working Group: Public Education, Participation and Outreach
• Title: Mapping the Colorado Basin Roundtable's Water Policy Networks
• Date: 3/1/2008
• Author: Colorado Institute of Public Policy
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: General Resources

Mapping the Colorado Basin Rou ndtable’s Water Policy Networks
Table of Contents
Executive Summary.............................................................................................................. .. 4
Introduction................................................................................................................... .......... 8
Survey Focus................................................................................................................... ..... 8
Survey Timing.................................................................................................................. ..... 9
Survey Participants............................................................................................................ ... 9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... ....... 9
Section 1: Demographics of Survey Participants.............................................................. 10
Basic Demographics for All Respondents........................................................................... 10
Water Rights................................................................................................................... .... 11
Geographic Diversity........................................................................................................... 11
Affiliations................................................................................................................... ......... 12
Roundtable Membership and Involvement.......................................................................... 13
Basic Demographics for Colorado Basin Roundtable Members......................................... 13
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... ..... 15
Section 2: Respondents’ Values.......................................................................................... 16
Defining Different Values.................................................................................................... 16
West versus East............................................................................................................... . 21
Comparing Values............................................................................................................... 22
Values Compared to Demographics................................................................................... 24
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... ..... 26
Section 3: Success in the Roundtable and HB1177 Process........................................... 27
Perceptions of Colorado Basin Roundtable Success.......................................................... 27
Perceptions of HB1177 Process Success........................................................................... 29
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... ..... 30
Section 4: Roles and Relationships within the Water Community................................... 31
Perceptions of leadership W CO R and L I CO
ITHIN THE OUNDTABLE OOKING NTO THE
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Within Clusters: Beliefs and Perceptions W CO R .............................. 33
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Perceptions and Affiliations O CO R and W CO
UTSIDE THE OUNDTABLE ITHIN THE
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Information Exchange O CO R ........................................................ 36
UTSIDE THE OUNDTABLE
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... ..... 37
Section 5: Overlapping Roundtable Membership.............................................................. 38
Overlapping Involvement with the Colorado Basin Roundtable.......................................... 38
Overlapping Membership Between All Roundtables, the IBCC, the CWCB....................... 39
The Role of Liaisons........................................................................................................... 41
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... ..... 41
Concluding Remarks............................................................................................................ 42
Appendix A: Methodological Notes..................................................................................... 44
Appendix B: References....................................................................................................... 64
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