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WA TER ITEMS AND ISSUES ... <br />ET Estimates in the New West-- Editorial by Robert C. Ward and Reagan Waskom ........... ............................... 3 <br />AnAlterntive Perspective on Water Use in Colorado ................................................................ ..............................5 <br />HowDo Plants Use Water? ........................................................................................................... ..............................7 <br />RefiningEvapotranspiration Estimates for Colorado ................................................................ ..............................9 <br />COAGMET -- Weather Data Helps Colorado Agriculture Manage Water ........................... .............................12 <br />Opinion: Forester Grades Professors' Report .......................................................................... .............................14 <br />MEETING BRIEFS <br />Bureau of Reclamation Examines New Developments in Water Management .................. .............................17 <br />Water2025 Workshop Held in Denver ................................................................................... .............................17 <br />South Platte Forum 2003: Planning for Uncertainty ........................................................... .............................18 <br />LessonsLearned From the Arkansas River Case ........................................................... .............................19 <br />TheFuture of Municipal Water Use ................................................................................. .............................23 <br />UNIVERSITYWATER NEWS .................................................................................................. .............................27 <br />The Treeflow Project: Application of Tree -Ring Data to Sustainable <br />WaterManagement in Colorado ..................................................................................... .............................28 <br />RESEARCHAWARDS ................................................................................................................ .............................31 <br />WATER SUPPLY .............................34 <br />WATER NEWS DIGEST ................34 <br />CALLS FOR PAPERS ..................... 39 <br />MEETINGS ........ ............................... 41 <br />CALENDAR ....... ............................... 44 <br />COVER PICTURES: <br />WATER 2025 -- From left. Peter J. Wierenga, Director, <br />Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona; <br />John Letey, Director, Center for Water Resources, <br />University of California; Robert M. Hirsch, Associate Direc- <br />tor for Water, U.S. Geological Survey; and Robert Ward, <br />CWRRI Director. <br />SOUTH PLATTE FORUM -- Patty Rettig, CSU <br />Archivist, with Alan Foutz, President, Colorado Farm <br />Bureau. <br />CWC GROUND WATER WORKSHOP -- From left: <br />Luis Garcia, Dept. of Civil Engr., CSU; Dick MacRavey, <br />Executive Director, Colorado Water Congress; Tom Sale, <br />Dept. of Civil Engr., CSU; and Robert Siegrist, Professor <br />and Director, Environmental Science & Engineering, <br />Colorado School of Mines. <br />USBR RIVER SYSTEMS CONFERENCE -- Darrell <br />Fontane, Civil Engr. Dept., CSU; and Leslie Stillwell, <br />Bureau of Reclamation. <br />COLORADO WATER <br />Vol. 20, No. 6 December 2003 <br />Editor: Shirley Miller <br />Writer: Marian Flanagan <br />COLORADO WATER is a publication of the Colorado Water Resources <br />Research Institute. The scope of the newsletter is devoted to enhancing <br />communication between Colorado water users and managers, and faculty <br />at the research universities in the state. This newsletter is financed in part <br />by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the <br />Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. The contents of this pub- <br />lication do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the U.S. De- <br />partment of the Interior, nor does mention of trade names or commercial <br />products constitute their endorsement by the United States Government. <br />Published by the <br />Colorado Water Resources Research Institute <br />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 <br />Phone 970/491 -6308 FAX: 970/491 -1636 <br />E -mail: CWRRI@ColoState.EDU <br />INTERNET SITES <br />Colorado Water Resources Research Institute: http: / /cwrri.colostate.edu <br />CSU Water Center: bttp://watercenter.colostate.edu <br />Colorado Water Knowledge: http://waterknowledge.colostate.edu <br />Hydrology Days: httn : //h dv rologvdays colostate edu/ <br />Student Water Symposium: http://watersym.colostate.edu/ <br />' I L <br />2 <br />