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I~el~~~"~.~r ~larcl: ~ l . 2GG8 tits. Je:~rifer Girnbe:,'Jir~ec.c~r Colcrsdo «'ater Conser~•ation :Board i ~8U Logan, Suite 6G0 Denver, CU ~U2U3 Uear 41r. 8ro~~r. Coi:~.:~ive}v, as ;egis:ators ~tihi represent menu cottstituenci.e, in the Sout}i Plate iZi~e:r Basil,, u~e ::si: t}tat you seriously consider tht: upcoming application ev Colorado State liltiversity alul the Parker ~'~'ater and Sanitation District to the ~Co}orado Water Comervatiun Soard rar fundilts? of their ar<eoing cropping mana~:emznt stud}'. In Section i~ of Senate Bill U;-i?', the Soutl: Platte Ri~•er and Arkansas ftl~er 3aslr.s t3l:ern::,i~z agriculture ~+•ater trar,sf~r sustainabi}ity gran: provrant ~E•as established «~ith t:n l-ppronriatian orene and one--:talf mil}ien doliars °'to ad~~ance various agricultural tr3.nsfer methods as alternatioes to p;rtnan::l.t agricuitura} dry-up''. : it.e curent study by Colorado State CJni~-ersity (C'S:: - of Crop irrigatio:t praCtic~~ is ttd`tutcing the goals of'this legis}ativeiy created program and thus wort:~y oi~cutttinue~: ft:nd:n~, usi-:, appropriated dollars created under SB 07-122. Darin` last summer's i:tteritn ~~~ater R~SOUrCCS Committee, a presentatiuz ~l~as given b}• CSI,_' o~, preliminary- results of Ptsase I of the study. The results seent '.o Indicate t:~tat, Cy usi.zg ::~:~~ a~;ricuit.lra: practices, some craps, su.:h as alFu}ft. Cast still be ~ erv pr;~ductiti~e as u•c}: as n;uch mn:re ~:'.atCr ~tficlcnt 7h. rCSUits of this stt;:iy ~a~il} bC aFplicable. not only or, the reselrc'r.ar}:t, that are }~;~rt cif ants =tu.i~. lout il: t;ie South P}at:a and •~rkansas Fiver basins as a whole. CSI. i~•i}1 use this collectiv;, t}ataba.L. alol,g ~~ lth titei- expenene~ i:; the agricu;ttlrai sectors itt both river basins. to de~•elop these new .~ract:e~s. 'I~l:is co}la>;orative ~cor:~. ;~} ur,;; o:~ar ~tatc:'s top uni~crsiti~s. a mayor tnu::kips: mater tae;.::, d :; :~,~al farming community is model of ceoperatia:t. ~t'e be}ie~•e tF~at the study reads to re c~ultirucd an~i ~lr.:t s~m:e immediate ~arilins: s2toulel came tront t}:e Colorado Ei otter CunS~~~'zti~~:i Boarc', r.~~~i~• c~tabl~;l:r: grant gro~rsrn •.trde* SB (}?_l2?. ~:~ha::ltis Tor con5ideratic^. Sinctre!~~.