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<br />MINUTES
<br />Interbasin Compact Committee Basin Roundtables
<br />Rio Grande Inter Basin Roundtable
<br />February 12, 2008 @ 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.
<br />THE INN OF THE RIO GRANDE, Highway 160, east of Alamosa.
<br />Attending: Amy Ackerman, Nicole Rowan, Jeremy Yoh, Jack Kuntz, Doug Shriver, Ron
<br />Beane, Bill Mangle, John Tonko, J.B. Alexander, Linda Warsh, Joel Condren Robert Myers,
<br />Peter Barkmann, Don Thompson, Steve Tonsi, Allen Brown, Travis Smith, Ray Wright,
<br />Todd Norman, Matt Hildner, Greg Higel, Allen Davey, Ronald Peterson, Steve Russell, Bob
<br />Felmlee, Dave Peshard, Steve Baer, Charles Spielman, Mike Willett, Dan Dallas, Jim Rhett,
<br />Cindy Medina, Nicole Langley, Ed Nielsen, Charlotte Bobicki, Rio de la Vista, Judy Lopez,
<br />Ruth Heide, Jake Powell, Erin Minks, Jeffrey Keim, Clinton Schock, Steve Vandiver
<br />1. Introductions - Mike Gibson welcomed members of the general public. Eric Karlstrom of
<br />the WaterWatch Alliance spoke briefly on the proposed drilling by Lexam Explorations in the Baca
<br />National Wildlife Refuge. He announced a meeting on this same date to be held at 6 pm at the
<br />Baca Grande property Owners Association in Crestone. He invited people to attend and urged
<br />that public comments be submitted before the March 2 deadline. For more information:
<br />http://WaterWatchAlliance.googlepages.com
<br />2. Approval of Minutes from January 8, 2007.
<br />Correction: At last meeting Rio de la Vista's summary presentation requested funding for the
<br />"Rio Grande Initiative" of the Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust. At that Meeting Rio requested
<br />$1.3Million from the SB 179 Statewide Fund and $200,000 from the Rio Grande Basin fund. A
<br />motion to accept this proposal was made by J.B. Alexander and seconded by Doug Shriver.
<br />Motion that minutes, as corrected, be approved: J.B. Alexander; Seconded, Doug Shriver.
<br />Unanimous approval of the Minutes of January 8, 2007.
<br />3. Election of Officers & Reappointment of Members. Present officers are Chairman,
<br />Mike Gibson; Vice Chairman, Doug Shriver; and Secretary, Rio de la Vista. Ray Wright
<br />nominated Mike Gibson to be reappointed as Chairman, which was seconded by J.B. Alexander.
<br />Vote: Unanimous approval, with applause for Mike. J.B. Alexander moved that present officers
<br />be reappointed, and Cindy Medina seconded, so Doug Shriver will continue as Vice Chairman
<br />and Rio de la Vista as Secretary. Vote: unanimous approval.
<br />4. Presentation: Climate Change - Dr. Jason Vogel,
<br />Stratus Consulting, Boulder.
<br />Mike introduced Dr. Jason Vogel's talk on how global climate change will impact future water
<br />supplies in the Rio Grande Basin. He urged us to start thinking about these issues and on ways
<br />to prepare for or to mitigate the impacts of global warming. Dr. Vogel reviewed data indicating
<br />that the world will continue to get hotter and that precipitation events will become stronger.
<br />Although climate and precipitation models do not accurately predict local conditions, extrapolating
<br />from larger models suggest rising temperatures may mean earlier snow melts and peak flows.
<br />This will affect how water managers store and deliver water. "Flood control
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