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0 • <br />Irut•rim Mxus ilquir, <br />I'rhruaiy 2r1.2lNNl <br />? <br />C. Wcr wcrr. ,idviscd ih<<t ihe C.:ongreSSional <<nd Administ?•aticm 1'OCus will hc oii ilic <br />ancrgy fxoiicy. 'I'hc eau'I}' signcilti frc,rn the F3ush Administraticm is ta ranc'enUutc on <br />ihr natiomai e.ncrgy poliry. Thcy do nut want hot-buttun issues tikc GS/1 or the C:Iran <br />Wutcr Ac:t tci ilivcrt allcntiom from enci'gY iasues. ']'he Rivcr Districl has:a st<tkc in <br />that lioi'titm ol'thc cnrrgy hill addre,sing hyilropower;ind F•`ERC rrform. A metim <br />aclilre.titiitip t»crgy issueti is attaehtd. <br />W?. visilr.cl with Nancy McN.?Ily cif NF'SARC. She xtated that NESARC hae not Ios1 <br />its slatC.d g.oal of ieI'urming lhe f:SA, hu1 thcy wil) alxo fiicus on Nt-eking fu?7hcr <br />:iclniini???•ativ???itan?!c.???n }-:.?A implcmcnt,ttiun and assursiu«s froni Ihe n4w Intet'ipr <br />inanagemen( te:un that poticic:s tikC sa(c harhnr and no sutrrires will continuc ,md <br />hr. 4xPcundrel. <br />2. Itiver ('unrlifiuns <br />'I'hc snowpack Iltroughonit inust of the wetitern UtiitcJ Sta1es ccintinues lo he well-hclow <br />in-rrugr. i havr actarlieci the latetit SnOtCl ittfOrrnaticln showing major rivet' h.1sin <br />preripitation frum Ociuher ltit t.hrough (;clvuary 26`^. Within the River 1.)isIric1, thc. <br />0111nisom tia•in i• it 85'm, thc t"'«Icirado mainslc.m a( 78% and the Yumpa-White :a 80%). <br />')'hr N;ition;il Wcathr.r Sr.ivii;e is pn`dicting average rrecipitaticm and temperat ureti for the <br />imcrm,mmailt wcNt this •pting; (Vl;uch, April and M.ty). so thexe 1ittjl7bci:ti »ray impruvc <br />sliLl'hily, Wu r.xPr.cl 1hat ilic maji?r West SIoPe w;ater supplY reservoirs; Wolfurd, Fturcii, <br />Gr.tc-ri Mounlain and Tav)or Ku-k will fitl, hut therc will be little "extrti" water or cuxhion. <br />'1'hc Lorj-'rT t•r•ei•vuir,. P4we11, IIluc. Mexa and I-'laming Gurge will ron[inuc to tiee cierlining <br />w:iicr IrvclS. l:ilso c.xpcct 111,111 hc sunnnerof2UU1 could be aserioux tire sc.itiun lhroughoul <br />thC Wr?1 Mnd rOtluced hydruPower supplics in ilic Nonhwcst cnuld aggravatc thc c.?lectric <br />i,uwrr supply prohleins. <br />3, Smtewidc Water }ssues <br />Thv Col«racic, W,itc.r P<<rtncrshir is Planning a water conference om Friday. Murch <br />3l)°i at ihc: Hofid,iy lnn Soulhease in Aurora. Several River Distric:l dircr<ors and 1 <br />hnve hertl invile.d Io r:irtitipalc on p:tne.l%, e-tc. Thrse kinds of mectingsalwiiys ntake <br />+iie :i littlc ncrvous, hut lhia mrr6ng. i.s aconlinuatuon of thc dialogue a?ticmg the <br />eIccled o17 icial5 on ilic Frunt Range and West S1oPe, so otu purticipalion shnulel he <br />cunslrurtivc:. We havc agreed tci mnke a srnall conlributicm io the mecting costs <br />($5001. A< <notl as wc V.rl .i (inal confi:rcucr ugenda I'll pravide it to ilic Board. <br />h. The. ('oIoraili, Waicr c:'onservacion Buarcl (C.'WC:D) held a special meet.ing (by <br />cunlercncc r,ill) un Fchruary 22"'' 7'hc C;WCA disrussed threc piee'es nl?legisl:?tic?n: <br />ilic pilol wnter biU (hy lZeprese.ntative HoPpe), the Evans/Coloradc) Wittl'Congress <br />xiuLly hill ;ind the in-rhanncl rccrcation (a.k.a. "ho.it chule") hill (la he inh'nduced hy