9298

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9298
• Author: Water Education Foundation.
• Title: Colorado River Project
• USFW Year: 1999.
• USFW - Doc Type: Symposium Proceedings.
• Copyright Material: NO

In 1997 the Water Education Foundation brought together major

Colorado River policy-makers from the seven states, American Indian tribes

and Mexico at a symposium held May 28-31 at The Bishop's Lodge, site of
negotiations for the 1922 Colorado River Compact. The 75th Anniversary
Colorado River Compact Symposium, Using History to Understand Current
~ter Problems, provided participants with an historical understanding of the
negotiations behind the Compact to be used to help today's leaders continue

to negotiate settlement of Colorado River issues.

In 1999 the Foundation sponsored a second Colorado River symposium,

Managing the Colorado River: Past, Present and Future at The Keystone Resort

and Conference Center in Keystone, Colorado. This event continued the

conversation from the first symposium and focused on ways these diverse

interests can work together to address the many challenges facing the

Colorado River, known as "the lifeline of the Southwest."

This proceedings is a written account of a tape-recorded transcript of the

entire 1999 event. The transcript was sent to each speaker for review prior to

publication. Although some minor editing has been done for space and to

clarify grammatical and factual statements, the final product remains "true to

the spirit" of the discussions that occurred at The Keystone Resort and

Conference Center.

SYMPOSIUM
PROCEEDINGS
SEPTEMBER 1999

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