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Colorado Water Congress <br />The Colorado Water Congress held its 481h <br />Annual Convention at the Holiday Inn DIA <br />on January 26 and 27. Highlights included key- <br />note addresses by University of Colorado Presi- <br />dent Hank Brown and Senator Ken Salazar. Col- <br />orado State University organized two workshops <br />for the meeting. The first workshop covered <br />how water research can inform the Roundtable <br />process and the other workshop discussed pre- <br />serving historical water documents and records. <br />The session was entitled "Protecting, Preserving, <br />and Promoting Colorado's Water <br />History: Update on Water Archiving <br />Efforts in Colorado" and was moder- <br />ated by Brian Werner of the North- <br />ern District. Janet Bishop, Archivist, <br />Speakers at the Colorado Water <br />Colorado State University's Mor- <br />gan Library spoke on CSU's water <br />Penley (above) and Robert <br />archive program and the critical need <br />Ward, Director Emeritus of <br />to begin correct preservation efforts <br />the Colorado Water Resources <br />to keep documents from going out of <br />Research Institute (left). Janet <br />condition before they can be formal -, <br />, <br />Bishop (CSUMorgan Libraries <br />ly archived. <br />Archivist) visits with Brian Wer- <br />ner (Northern Colorado Water <br />Contributions to the HB -1177 <br />Conservancy District) between <br />Process from Water Research was <br />sessions (below). <br />discussed by Dr. Tom Trout of the <br />USDA -ARS, Dr. James Pritchitt and <br />Dr. Lyn Kathlene of CSU. They de- <br />scribed their current research efforts <br />wr <br />and suggested how the roundtables3: <br />... <br />might use research -based knowl- <br />edge to generate new perspectives in <br />meeting future water demands in Colorado. <br />LJ <br />