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water transfers, and the agricultural economy of the Arkansas Valley, and the work by Thorvaldson and <br />Pritchett, "Economic Impact Analysis of Reduced Irrigated Acreage in Four River Basins in Colorado", <br />2006, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute and presentation by Pritchett to Arkansas River <br />Basin Roundtable. <br />Also relevant are the series of studies by Timothy Gates and Luis Garcia and others, on salinity in the <br />Lower Arkansas Valley, including Gates, T.K., LA. Garcia, and J.W. Labadie, 2006, Toward Optimal <br />Water Management in Colorado's Lower Arkansas River Valley: Monitoring and Modeling to Enhance <br />Agriculture and Environment. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. <br />Additional Information - If you feel you would like to add any additional pertinent information <br />please feel free to do so here. <br />To avoid formatting disasters, please see appendix material, "one-pagers" on the following: <br />(1) Moving toward climate-responsive water management -short summaries: Background on the <br />series of projects from which this results. <br />(2) Three Additional Forms of Water Transfer: describes recommended long-term rotational crop <br />management, long-term interruptible supply, and water bank, with references to C.R.S. <br />(3) Suggested Principles for Water Transfer Institution Design: Role of the state, the market, <br />certainty, allocation within thresholds, transferor internal allocation, scale issues, and permanence, <br />partnerships and sales. <br />(4) Crisis/opportunity for Ditches and Why it Matters. <br />(5) Problems with the Arkansas River Basin Water Bank Pilot Program. See also Wiener 2005 <br />cited in text above for information on agricultural innovation knowledge. <br />(6) Farm-level Feasibility of New Forms of Water Transfer -Draft report. <br />(7) Water Lease Rate Calculator -Excel Decision Support Tool by Dr. Jeffrey Tranel. <br />(8) Progress Report on Inquiry Into Biological Issues in Water Transfers. <br />(9) Progress Report on Inquiry into Socio-Economic Issues in Improved Water Transfers. <br />and Table of Water Transfer Alternative -Different Goals, Different Tools (2 pp). <br />21 <br />