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MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION During the Water Year ending September 30, 2004 the Commission met as follows: Meeting No. 247 October 8, 2003 Meeting No. 248June 17, 2004 St. George, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION Within the scope and limitations of Article I(a) of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact and under the powers conferred upon the Commission by Article VlIl(d), the principal activities of the Commission have consisted of: (A) research and studies of an engineering and hydrologic nature of various facets of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin especially as related to operation of the Colorado River reservoirs; (B) collection and compilation of documents for a legal library relating to the utilization of waters of the Colorado River System for domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes, and the generation of hydroelectric power; (C) legal analyses of associated laws, court decisions, reports and problems; (D) participating in activities and providing comments on proposals that would increase the beneficial consumptive uses in the Upper Basin, including environmental, fish and wildlife, endangered species and water quality activities to the extent that they might impair Upper Basin dew'!lopment; (E) cooperation with water resources agencies of the Colorado River Basin States on water and water-related problems; (F) an education and information program designed to aid in securing appropriations of funds by the United States Congress for the construction, planning and investigation of storage dams, reservoirs and water resource development projects of the Colorado River Storage Project that have been authorized for construction and to secure authorization for the construction of additional participating projects as the essential investigations and planning are completed; and (G) a legislative program consisting of the analysis and study of water resource bills introduced in the U.S. Congress for enactment, the preparation of evidence and argument and the presentation of testimony before the Committees of the Congress. Many of the Commission's activities this past year have been in response to the drought. The Commissioners, Commission staff, and both legal and engineering Committee members have participated in Basin States meetings, drought workgroups and Upper Basin work meetings. Issues that have been addressed include the mid-year review of the Annual Operating Plan, conjunctive management strategies for Lakes Powell and Mead, lower Basin shortage criteria, improvement of regulatory storage in the Lower Basin, management of high tributary flows in the Lower Basin and curtailment procedures for the Upper Basin. 7