7938

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7938
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: April 18-19, 1995.
• Copyright Material: NO

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in the over-all management of the Colorado River for the diverse and often
competing public needs. The Secretary has been given a unique role In the
Lower Basin of the Colorado River. He Is the Water Master for mainstream
Colorado River water and all users must have contracts with him for use of
water. Additionally, in the Upper Basin the Secretary is charged with
developing long-range criteria and an annual operating plan for the entire
River system and its reservoirs. There is a critical need to ensure that
management strategies and approaches are flexible and responsive to
accommodate long-term demands which may result in shortages to all uses
because of an over appropriated River.
The Grand Canyon Trust is dedicated to conservation of the natural and
cultural resources of the Colorado Plateau. As such it advocates a
responsible and ecologically sustainable balance between resource use and
preservation. The Trust has fostered and assisted efforts of individuals,
groups, communities, and governments to achieve ON balance. The Trust
employs capabilities in many areas including science, demographics, economics,
resource management, education, communication and law. The Trust is a
recognized leader on a broad range of conservation issues in the Colorado
River Basin and brings a unique perspective that can be added to the efforts
to manage the Colorado River resources for the benefit of a diverse public
while preserving and sustaining valuable resources.
IV. THE TRUST WILL:
A. Provide in-kind service through research and analytical services,
facilities, and administrative support and $5,000 direct costs per year to
compi-ete the management study (See Attachment A, Deliverables/Time Frame).
B. Complete an in depth survey of Federal state, tribal and local
public officials and representatives of water development, public power,
environmental, and other interests to identify and describe: water, power,
recreation, fish, and wildlife, and cultural resource management needs on the
Colorado River.
C. Provide recommendations as to how decision making for managing
those resources could be improved (e.g. recommendations on basic institutional
change) and the development, of a common forum for discussing existing and
future management concerns.
D. Complete an analysis, based on the survey and other sources of
information, which identifies and descrife;_op ortunties, benefits an
7 obstacles toles a ash nag a`basin wide authority for managing the River.
E. Complato an analysis of the economic and demographic structure of
the Colorado Plateau as it pertains to the Colorado Plateau region. This
analysis will provide a contemporary profile of the "public constituency" of
this area.
F. Conduct a workshop/symposium with Federal, state, tribal,
scientific, and public leaders specific to the needs of Reclamation for the
future management direction of water resource management in the Colorado
Plateau area and consolidate the information into a symposium report.
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