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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />January 2008 <br />? Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMA? Grant developing and executing ethanol <br />promotion, infrastructure development, public education, and auto dealer sales force <br />training. Partners included Clean Cities organizations, American Lung Association, <br />Regional Air Quality Control Commission. <br />• Advancing Colorado Renewable Energy (ACRE) Grant (Phase 1, Feasibility Study) aimed <br />at understanding and overcoming challenges unique to the development of rural <br />renewable fuel infrastructure projects. Collaborators include Governor's Bio-fuels <br />Coalition members and various industry consultants and resources. <br />The Colorado Corn Growers Association maintains a staff of five full time employees and <br />contract services with up to 4 additional individuals or entitles depending on project need and <br />intensity of workload. The staff also manages and administers the projects and responsibilities of <br />the Colorado Corn Administrative Committee. <br />In both the current and upcoming fiscal years, the Colorado Corn Growers Association's largest <br />budgetary priority is in the area of water projects and education. Early in the 2007-2008 fiscal <br />year, it was determined that the development of "Buy and Dry" alternatives should be a priority <br />among various water related efforts. The Association began seeking interested partners to help <br />advance the development of the concept and discovered the C?1CB grant program in the <br />process. <br />Most significantly, however, are the resources brought to the project by key collaborators on this <br />proposal that include Ducks Unlimited, the City of Aurora, the Colorado water Resources <br />Research Institute, Brown and Caldwell, and Lind, Lawrence, and Ottenhoff. <br />d) A bi°ief history of the Applicant(s). <br />Colorado Corn Growers Association represent a major portion of the rural economic activity <br />base in rural Colorado, as they are producers of the most widely grown and highest value crop in <br />our State. These are the people most directly affected by traditional "buy and dry" methods of <br />water procurement, and therefore have a strong vested interest in the outcome of projects of this <br />type. <br />Further, corn production in the combined South Platte and nearby Republican watersheds <br />accounts for over 70% of the irrigated corn production in Colorado and are primary suppliers to <br />Colorado's nationally ranked cattle feeding industry. The two industries, cattle and corn, rank 1st <br />and 2nd in significance within Colorado's agricultural sector. Agriculture consistently ranks in the <br />top three sectors for economic significance in Colorado and is largely served by producers in the <br />South Platte. <br />4