SPWRAP 2008 Policy Directive and Operating Report

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C-00M.', SPWRAP To: Members of SPWRAP Through: SPWRAP Board of Directors From: Alan Berryman, Vice President Deb Freeman, Esq., Special Counsel, SPWRAP Date: January 17, 2008 Re: 2008 Policy Directive and Operating Report The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program is a cooperative basin -wide partnership among the U.S. Department of the Interior and the States of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming to address habitat needs of endangered species in the Central and Lower Platte River basin. Implementation of the Program is designed to benefit the Platte River endangered species and at the same time enable water use activities in each of the states to continue in compliance with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Further information on the Platte Program is available at www.platteriver.org. Colorado water users formed a separate non -profit corporation known as SPWRAP for purposes of representing Colorado water users' interests in the Platte process and partnering with the State of Colorado to help implement its responsibilities under the Platte Program (see schematic below). Membership in SPWRAP is the exclusive means by which individual Colorado water users may rely on the Program to secure ESA compliance covering the depletive effects of their water use activities on the Platte River endangered species. More detailed information concerning the SPWRAP organization and membership is available at www.spwrap.org, or in the companion memos 2008 Administrative Report and 2008 Financial Report, both dated January 17, 2008.