Board Meeting 05/03/1985

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

Mr . Kochman went on to note that the Colorado Water •
Congress recently appointed Bennett Raley to maintain liaison
with the Division of Wildlife. Mr . Raley and the Division of
Wildlife are developing a "Memorandum of Understanding"
concerning future operating procedures . These procedures will,
among other things, outline management practices that can be
undertaken, with the hope of avoiding any future declarations
of threatened or endangered species . He then showed the Board
a rough draft of this document and noted that this entire
process was still open to review and comment . Mr . Kochman then
turned the meeting over to John Woodling for a brief slide
presentation on Threatened and Endangered Fish. Mr . Woodling ' s
presentation covered various species of Darters , Shiners and
Dace, which are native species found in the stream transition
zones between the Mountain and Plains . He also covered various
species of Cutthroat Trout and Minnows . Mr . Woodling noted
that there are approximately 80 species of fish in Colorado.
The major survey reports which originally identified the
fisheries of Colorado were conducted by Jordan in 1889 and
Ellis in 1914 . Of these 80 fisheries , 30 to 40 are native. Of
the native fish species, maybe 15 or so are close to being
considered threatened. The answer to maintaining these
fisheries is to place emphasis on maintaining the ecosystems in
which these fish thrive. Developing solutions to accomplish
this goal for many of the fisheries is not necessarily an
expensive process .
Agenda Item 17 - Flood Hazard Mitigation Report (Appendix F)
(This item was taken up out of sequence [before lunch] in
order to expedite the remainder of the agenda items during the
afternoon session. )
Mr . McDonald opened the discussion of this item by stating
that, following the 1981 Lawn Lake dam failure and the 1984
springs floods, presidential disaster declarations were made at
the request of Governor Lamm. In order to obtain the benefits
of federal disaster relief and recovery programs which are
available under such declarations, the State was required to
prepare a flood hazard mitigation plan in 1981 and to update
this plan in 1984 .
Colorado was the first state to have to prepare such a plan
under new federal laws which took effect prior to the Lawn Lake
disaster . Colorado ' s plan has served as a model throughout the
nation.
At the request of the Colorado Division of Disaster
Emergency Services, the CWCB staff was placed in charge of
preparation of the state ' s flood hazard mitigation plan, with
staff member Bill Stanton designated as the state ' s flood
hazard mitigation officer . An enormous amount of effort, at
considerable personal sacrifice on the part of many state
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