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PROJECT TITLE: Big Thompson Watershed Management Plan <br />COLORADO WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND: Purchase Order # OE PDA OS-19 <br />PROJECT START DATE: 11/1/2004 PROJECT END DATE: 9/15/2005 <br />AWARD AMOUNT: $10,800.00 <br />SUMMARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: <br />Stakeholder involvement: Big Thompson Watershed Forum (Forum) identified over 300 <br />potentially affected interests who were invited to participate in the planning process. Of <br />these, over 100 registered to participate. The Project Team of stakeholders guided the <br />planning process and developed a Nutrient Problem Statement. This consensus document <br />outlines the current threats nutrients pose to the Big Thompson Watershed and the <br />benefits of addressing these issues in a collaborative manner. <br />Determination of baseline conditions: Scientific experts were assembled into a Science <br />and Monitoring Subcommittee to review numeric nutrient thresholds that will reduce the <br />likelihood of eutrophic-related phenomena, such as declining dissolved oxygen and <br />excessive weed growth. Summary plots were prepared to identify the baseline conditions <br />of lakes and reservoirs. <br />-2- <br />