Stakeholders Group Meeting

• Description: Related to Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/7/2013
• Title: January 2013 Stakeholders Group Meeting with CWCB Staff Notes
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

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• University
Colorado Water Institute
El 02 Engineering Building
1033 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1033
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email:ewi ?colostate.edu
Management Committee
Upper Colorado River Wild and Sei Stakeholder Group December 14, 2012
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to ask fbr your cooperation with a a SU-sponsored study now underway on the
sociology of environmental'flow management on t e Colorado River and its tributaries on
Colorado's Western slope.
With support from CSU`s Colorado Water institute,,Experiment Station and Office of the Vice
• President for Engagement,sociologyaprofe professor Pete Taylor is doing a comparative study of
several significant cases of cooperation"for env*. oar , flow management that have emerged
in recent years on the Western Slope(please see the attached summary). Given the
unprecedented challenges facing o state's water, inel,` g growing pressures on the Colorado
River from diverse users and the prospect ofa. i cant supply gap by 2050,innovative
approaches to water governance are n e w,mil that ire 400 r t with the Compact and the Law of
the River,yet can effectively manage emerging realities of multiple water users.
The Upper Colorado River Wild k,4Sterlic Stakeholder'Opp represents an important example
of ground-up development of oeiv Peltarion for water management for multiple uses. Pete
Taylor would like to study the e ie ence of th ;Stakei older"Group,which has made important
gains in bringing together diverse°ite t+ de an innvative water management
approach. We believe that ire,is Itch t 'be.le rimed,f Your group and related initiatives
about how to bring diverse water users to the table, Pld bow to organize in ways that effectively
address multiple interests, including agriculture,municipal and industry, energy,environment,
recreation and others. '
The study would involve in-depth interviews with a structured sample of participants selected in
consultation with the Stakeholder pup,field visits to the River reaches to be managed, review
of relevant public documents,and preparation of°a preliminary report to be provided to and
discussed with stakeholder group members. The project aims to generate comparative research
that will be a useful resource for the study's participants and others facing related challenges
• elsewhere.
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