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North Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting, 10.21.2008 4 <br />have to replace their depletions 1-1. The federal allocation that they are looking at <br />receiving, unless they can work something out with us under the current limits, they will <br />have to mitigate their depletions 1-1. This happened because Wyoming objected to the <br />depletions being made up through the S. Platte, which was the original proposal. Where <br />we might be able to modify is either to cover all uses under one "bucket." Currently ag- <br />related new uses are covered under SPWRAP. Nebraska had an issue with historical data <br />on irrigation, which is supposed to be the 134,467 figure. <br />Barb V: what happens if we can't demonstrate historical use? <br />Kent C: that's the question we are trying to answer. <br />Carl T: we might be able to put the uses all under one umbrella, instead of different <br />buckets. <br />Kent C: That's why we are doing the modeling, so we can know where we are at and <br />what can be re-allocated. All of our irrigation water users are currently covered under <br />SPWRAP. <br />It's already been a benefit, since the Swift ditch project was covered under our current <br />membership with SPWRAP. <br />What we do now is going to impact the water users in this basin for a long time. <br />More discussion on the three-state. <br />Announcement by Jeff Crane, CO Watershed Assembly: <br />Jeff C: I want to talk to the roundtable about the Healthy Rivers Fund. It is a volunteer <br />state income tax donation on your state income tax return, and there are a series of hinds <br />you can donate to. It used to be the Colorado Watershed Protection fund. The money <br />donated to this fund goes into the CWCB, and then the CWCB re-grants the money to <br />local community groups for water projects, groups that generally don't have a tax base. <br />It's been used for a number of projects. Community groups can apply for a grant through <br />this hind from CWCB. If the donations drop below $75,000 the fiend is dropped from the <br />rolls, last year it raised just $75,700, which is very close to not making the cutoff I am <br />going to be doing a grassroots campaign for this fund. I would like to get an endorsement <br />from the roundtable to support this, and for you to recommend it to your friends, or <br />support it one way or another. If there is an opportunity to pass out brochures I would <br />appreciate your help. It will happen before the end of this year, before tax time. The <br />fund is generally intended for citizen groups. <br />Barb V: do the citizen groups have to have nonprofit status to receive the funds? <br />Jeff C: yes, and it's generally used as match money for other funds. The average size of <br />the grant is $10,000 to $15,000. Not too many people know about it as of yet, but it's an <br />excellent source for water funding. You can designate any portion of your tax refund for <br />this purpose. <br />Update on Neiv Pioneer Ditch Project: <br />The New pioneer project is nearing completion; Jeff Crane is compiling a log to present <br />to the CWCB.