7805

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7805
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council.
• USFW Year: 1988.
• USFW - Doc Type: July 9, 1988.
• Copyright Material: NO

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West, to operate these Colorado Basin features to optimize the management of
those systems and not because we're thinking about only one thing; instead,
to find some way to do them all in the best way and it was hoped that the
. Bureau of Reclamation would be willing to listen to wildlife agencies as one
advocate of one of the key parts of the system.
BUSINESS SESSION
A. Council Travel in Administrative Funding Proposal
Mr. Stone indicated the major amount of travel request was for the executive
secretary travel to meetings of the sub-units of the council such as the
technical committee and also travel to the council meetings as called or
needed. The second need was travel to other organizations, such as national
water users organizations, or the Western Irrigators Conference, with the
message or for business of the council, or perhaps coordinating in other
industry conferences. Another component of the travel request was for
members of the technical committee and subcommittees which on many occasions
are unable to be supported by their agency and need to travel to conduct
CRFWC business. This would be especially important in the future as business
interests and issues of the council expand, making necessary more technical
expertise and time. It was discussed that the point was well taken, because
often council agencies were not able to support travel out of state given the
current justification, but could support the council.
Motion that the council proceed to seek the source of funding from D-J
administrative funds as outlined by the proposal and that the council look as
the first item of reduction, if needed, the entire amount in committee
travel. Motion carried unanimously.
B. Revised Council Articles of Association.
Motion to accept the Articles of Association (bylaws) as recommended by the
technical committee ar}d accept the title change to the Colorado River Fish &
Wildlife Council. Motion carried unanimously. The articles are presented as
Appendix I.
C. Standing Committee Status of Wildlife-Habitat Committee.
Fred Worthy presented a motion to change the wildlife committee from the ad
hoc committee proposal in the technical report to the status of a full
standing committee. Following a second, Mr. Worthly indicated his thinking
of the council's need to add that emphasis to the habitat and wildlife
aspects of the Colorado River Wildlife Council and to clarifying his motion
. that he was thinking primarily in terms of committee action on terrestrial
riparian systems. Ron Powell indicated he would like clarification from the
council on a charge for this committee. In the past, it has largely
continued to make status reports and not have a definitive objective. Some
members want to send a message to biologists that the council consider the
habitat program as important as fisheries and that there is a major push,
. particularly from mitigation and coordinated planning, that wildlife is
critically important and needs to be recognized in the bylaws and also, that
wildlife interests along the river need support. California has just listed
three species of special concern.
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