Board Meeting 05/03/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 5/3/1985
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums May 3, 1985
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

• 1. concern for potential conflicts between the
administration of the Act and the exercise of water
rights under state law and the allocations of water
made by interstate compact or judicial decree;
2 . support for the on-going efforts to find administrative
solutions to these conflicts in the Upper Colorado
River and Platte River Basins;
3 . support for seeking committee report language which
would recognize and confirm the appropriateness of
these efforts and would direct the Fish and Wildlife
Service to report back to Congress on the results;
4 . support for limiting reauthorization of the Act to as
few years as possible; and
5 . support for several substantive amendments to the Act.
Based on action taken by the Board at the March, 1985,
meeting, Mr . McDonald prepared written testimony for
presentation at the House and Senate subcommittee hearing.
Principal elements of the statement included: (1) a specific
request that reauthorization of the Act be for only two years,
and (2) no request for any substantive amendments to the Act.
Following Board discussion, Mr . Smith moved, seconded by
Mr . Covert, that the Board (1) affirm for the record, the
written statement submitted by Mr . McDonald for the House and
Senate hearings, and (2) directed Mr . McDonald to actively
follow this legislation and to take such steps as he deems
necessary, in his discretion, to obtain the most favorable
legislation and committee reports for Colorado water users .
(A copy of the written statement is attached to Appendix
D. )
Agenda Item 10 - Division of Wildlife Threatened and Endangered
Species Program (Appendix E)
Mr . McDonald prepared a memorandum for this agenda item
which was distributed to the Board in advance. Mr . McDonald
introduced Eddie Kochman, Chief of Fisheries Management for the
Division of Wildlife, to discuss this item. Mr . Kochman
provided a brief updated overview of the state ' s program. He
highlighted the statutory consultation process, which involves
water users among others, and noted that 160 notices were sent
out to various recent meetings; and that subsequently the
February 14, 1985, General Provision Regulations were adopted.
He also noted that three fish were added to the threatened list
and one bird and five fish were removed.
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