1981 CO Drought Plan

• Title: The Colorado Drought Response Plan
• Date: 5/15/1981
• Description: Colorado Drought Response Plan
• Basin: Statewide
• Drought Mitigation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

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- Consider and recommend water conservation practices to
lead agencies.
Lead Agencies See Annexes A and D for additional details:
- Provide direction and integration of effort to all agencies
concerned with drought response within assigned sector or
responsibility (see below) , utilizing normal programs and
resources available..
- Provide a senior level manager to the Inter-Agency Coordinating
Group (IACG) when activated.
- Identify to leadership, and to the IACG when activated, unmet
needs resulting from drought impacts and responses.
- Lead Agency Assessments;
Department/Agency Sector of Lead Responsibility
Local Affairs Commerce and Tourism, Municipal Water
Systems., promotion of conservation
practices. ,
Natural Resources Wildlife, Water shortages, promotion
of conservation practices.
Agriculture Agriculture, promotion of conserva-
tion practices.
State Forester Wildfire protection.
Office of Planning Economic.
and Budgeting
Health Public health.
Public Utilities Energy shortages and interruptions,
Commission promotion of conservation practices.
Division of Disaster Life threatening or other high
Emergency Services/ priority emergency situations,
State Forester including Federally declared
disasters.
The Inter-agency Coordinating Group ( IACG) - see Annexes A and D for
additional details:
Consists of senior management representatives from Lead Response Agencies
previously noted, chaired by the Director of DODES. Other participants
may be designated as required. When activated by Gubernatorial Proclama-
tion issued upon recommendation of the Review and Reporting Task Force,
' this group will carry out the following tasks:
- Review Impact Task Force statements of unmet needs to recognize
and identify alternate choices for response.
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