Stakeholders Group Meeting ‎(2)‎

• Description: Related to Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/12/2015
• Author: Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group
• Title: March 2015 Stakeholders Group Meeting with CWCB Staff Notes
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

Exhibit A: Upper Colorado W&S Stakeholders Group
• Commercial Data Exploration
RRC will complete 2014 commercial data consolidation and file organization and participate in
meetings to establish consensus on assumptions and validation of a commercial user database.
Additionally, RRC will complete 2014 commercial data collection and consolidation by reaching
out to the participating agencies (BLM and USFS)to ensure that outfitter reports from the 2014
season are handled in a uniform manner that can be tracked and compared with results from
2013 and previous years.
Intercept-based Survey Research
The budget presented below includes "options"for intercept surveys include changing the
program to focus particularly on Anglers, or Boaters, or both segments. If this option is chosen
and intercept surveys continue, it is recommended that the study days be scheduled based on
anticipated river conditions, rather than prescheduling the summer in advance. The RRC team
will work with the SG to finalize a survey instrument to be administered via intercepts during
summer 2015. The survey instrument will draw upon research conducted by the SG in 2012
through 2014, but it will be modified to include enhancements that are recommended based on
the survey results from 2014.
The objective of the intercept survey work elements will be to gather data to refine the
understanding of river use under various conditions. The intercept data, together with user
counts, will be used to further measure the number of visitors that make up different segments
of user groups (commercial/private,fishing/recreational floaters, type of craft, etc.), and to
develop a framework for future research efforts. If intercept surveys are conducted, they will
be fielded at takeout areas representing various segments of the river, including the reach from
Two Bridges and below.
Floatboaters' Panel
As an option,the research program for 2015 may continue the use of the "panel" survey of
floaters. The objective of the panel research would be to maintain a sample of floaters that is
drawn from users of the Upper Colorado River, based on the 2012-2015 research, and to be
able to go back to this sample multiple times to explore these individuals' experiences if/when
they floated the river during a particular period of time. This research would permit us to
continue to gather input from users who may or may not choose to visit the river at a particular
time or under certain river conditions. The option anticipates two "waves" of Panel surveys,
one in June and one in September.
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