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The Citizen's Water Guide to the Upper San Miguel River ~Erin Summary Now is the critical moment for water resource management in the Upper San Miguel River Basin, The basin has limited water resources and extensive present and proposed future development" The river may already be over-allocated" No one entity has a system's view of water complexities in the Upper San Miguel River Basin" The Citizen's Water Guide to the Upper San Miguel Basin will present an objective, non-partisan and comprehensive view of water issues in the upper basin. The guide will be distributed regionally as a newspaper insert" A water conference and conservation exhibition scheduled to coincide with the publication will engage water experts and citizens alike to develop water resource management and conservation strategies for sustainable living in our own river drainage, The guide may serve as a model or prototype for other upper river basin communities. The Citizen's Water Guide to the Upper San Miguel Basin is a collaborative effort between San Miguel County, The Telluride Institute and the Telluride Times- Journal. San Miguel County is the grant applicant" The Telluride Institute is a Colorado non-profit research and education institution with programs in the arts, environment, and information/communications, Since its inception in 1985, the Institute has received national and international press acclaim, Funding sources include The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Rockefeller Foundation, AT&T, The National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Department of Agriculture, The award-winning Telluride Times-Journal has been the County Newspaper of Record for the past 30 years" The total project cost is $8000, Of this amount, $5500 has already been committed by local residents, governments and businesses" This request is for the balance needed of $2500" The guide will be published in June 1992" -1-