9369 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9369
• Author: Colorado Water Workshop.
• Title: 12th & 13th Annual Colorado Water Workshop.
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Western State College of Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

Government to recover threatened and endangered Colorado

Ri ver species and the whoop i ng crane on the Sou th Platte

without impairing opportunities for water development;

The state has participated in the Colorado River Salinity
Control Forum;

A state water quality control act has been enacted; and

The Division of Wildlife has debated a wildlife mitigation
policy.

Fourth, the state has faced several general planning

challenges, including the impending development of oil shale, the

continued threat of expanding water development in downstream

states, water export proposals, the impact of expanding water

demands on the Front Range, increased recreational and snowmaking

requirements, the economic decline of irrigated agriculture, and

a general economic recession. Colorado has developed policies to

address these issues as well:

The Water Conservation Board and the State Engineer have

developed for legislative consideration proposals for the

inventory of the state's groundwater resources;

In response to HB l088 (1985), the Water Conservation Baord

presented to the legislature procedures to facilitate the

identification, evaluation, prioritization, scheduling and

funding of water projects;

At the request of Governor Lamm, the Water Conservation Board

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