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Mapping the Colorado Basin Rou ndtable’s Water Policy Networks <br />In the Agriculture cluster, W CO R , this <br />ITHIN THE OUNDTABLE <br />is less true. Members of the Agriculture cluster are more <br />Key Finding 4.4: Although <br />likely to report exchanging information and valuing the <br />members of the Protecting <br />information exchanged from members of other clusters <br />Consumptive Needs and <br />than members of their own cluster, but overall, they are not <br />Agriculture clusters are <br />sharing information with the frequency seen in other <br />somewhat more connected to <br />clusters. Despite the infrequency of information exchange, <br />those within their cluster, they <br />members of the Agriculture cluster have high levels of trust <br />are not as cohesive of groups <br />not only with each other, but with most other members of <br />as the Protecting Non- <br />the Colorado Basin Roundtable, quite the opposite of the <br />Consum p tive Needs cluster. <br />Protecting Consumptive Needs cluster. This suggests that <br />in the case of the Colorado Basin Roundtable, trust may be forming for reasons other than <br />frequency of interactions or information sharing, at least for members of this cluster. However, <br />similar to the members of the Protecting Consumptive Needs cluster, members of the <br />Agriculture cluster do not perceive many others, within or <br />Key Finding 4.5: Although <br />outside their cluster, to share their goals. <br />members of the Agriculture <br />cluster perceive others in the <br />The Balancing Needs respondents tend to rank the <br />roundtable to be trustworthy, <br />roundtable members within their cluster similarly to <br />they are not engaged in the <br />remaining members of the roundtable. As noted in Section <br />exchange of information with <br />Two on values, this cluster is focused on cooperation <br />the frequency of many other <br />among all interests as a means for ensuring their priorities <br />members of the roundtable. <br />are met. The members of this cluster report similar <br />perceptions of trust, dependability, frequency and <br />importance of information shared, and influence for those <br />Key Finding 4.6: The <br />within and outside their cluster. They are also the cluster <br />respondents in the Balancing <br />with the highest perception of shared goals with those <br />Needs cluster perceive many <br />outside their cluster. All of these results suggest that they <br />others in the Colorado Basin <br />have the potential to serve as bridges between different <br />Roundtable to share their <br />interests in the Colorado Basin Roundtable, as their <br />goals. <br />perceptions of the roundtable members outside their <br />cluster are so similar to the perceptions within their cluster. <br />The Current System Broken cluster has too few members on the roundtable to analyze in <br />similar depth. However, members of the cluster have very low perceptions of each other and <br />the other roundtable members in terms of in fluence, trust, dependability information exchange, <br />information importance, and shared goals. The two <br />Key Finding 4.7: The <br />clusters whose members have the least positive <br />members of the Current <br />perceptions across all the measures are the Current <br />System Broken and Protecting <br />System Broken and Protecting Consumptive Needs <br />Consumptive Needs clusters <br />clusters, which are the two clusters that also have the <br />may be the most disconnected <br />strongest held conflicting beliefs. It may be that the <br />from the roundtable process, <br />process has not fully engaged these individuals or their <br />with less trust and engaging in <br />belief structures, thereby making it more difficult to trust <br />less interaction within and <br />and exchange information with others at the table. <br />across clusters. <br />Colorado Institute of Public Policy 34 of 64 <br />