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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR =S OFFICE <br />Department of Local Affairs <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite,500 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -4904 <br />FAX: (303) 866 -4317 <br />TDD: (303) 866 -5300 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />February 27, 2008 Bill Ritter <br />Governor <br />Susan Kirkpatrick <br />Executive Director <br />Ted Kowalski <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 721 <br />Dear Mr. Kowalski: <br />According to the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program the State Demography Office shall <br />report the amount by which the population of each region is expected to increase over the Population <br />Baseline (July, 1997) by the end of the initial reporting period (January, 2009). <br />On the second page you will find a table with the defined regions, Colorado Depletion Plan (CDP) <br />estimates for July 1, 1997, State Demography Office (SDO) estimates for July 1, 1997, SDO <br />population forecasts for January 1, 2009, and the forecast population increase. The population is <br />expected to increase by 677,853 in the whole South Platte River Basin between the baseline of July <br />1, 1997 and January 1, 2009. This total change includes increases of 320,845 in the central region, <br />179,402 in the northern region and 177,966 in the southern region. <br />Please be aware that we revise our county forecasts annually so what we are showing currently as <br />our forecast for 2009 may change dependant upon economic and social conditions within the state <br />and nationally. All of our data is available on our website at: <br />http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/demog/index.html <br />Please contact me with any questions regarding the estimates and forecasts. <br />Regards, <br />Elizabeth Garner <br />State Demographer <br />Colorado Department of Local Affairs <br />Strengthening Colorado Communities <br />