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Pasture takes years to recover [ How many ?] — 5 years. <br />Pastures in good shape now from [the disturbance in ] 2002. <br />[Page 10] <br />Jim (in the newspaper business at the time of the 2002 drought) <br />Dillon Reservoir dry —public impact <br />Dust storms in frisco <br />Link to front range water users became apparent <br />Marinas — move into the reservoir [ marinas physically relocated during drought] <br />Can it [ drought] be anticipated? Could urban water use be moderated? They could "not draw <br />down the savings account" <br />Drought was "best thing for water education. Especially the newcomers ". <br />David [ Division of Wildlife; comments here are on the 2002 drought] <br />Shortage in ability to produce forage /hay [ for wildlife] <br />Bottomlands get 'hammered' by elk in normal years <br />Game damage claims [ increase in drought years] <br />Buy properties to mitigate that [ game damage] <br />Brown's Park forage — Mormon crickets took out pasture [ insect outbreak made things worse <br />that year] <br />Aquatic [ habitats] <br />Streamflows low <br />Doing "salvage of fisheries' rather than management <br />[2002 was ] 'kind of a disaster' <br />water quality [ also an issue] <br />[ What worked; what didn't; what would you do differently] <br />If we saw 2003 and 2004 coming would have done things differently <br />Would have reduced game <br />Change pasture management <br />Conversations with reservoir operators <br />Assumed 'normal' climatological cycle [is] embedded in practice. [Management practice often <br />include the implicit or explicit assumption of a normal climatological cycle which failed them <br />when there were several dry years in a row] <br />[Page 11] <br />Harley [ possible responses if had prediction of drought] <br />Put up hay earlier and saved it <br />