PUB00118

• Year: 2000
• Title: Arkansas River Water Needs Assessment
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Author: Smith and Hill
• Description: Information and findings associated with the Arkansas River Water Needs Assessment study
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

Acknowledgments

This assessment could not have been completed
without an extensive amount of coordination and
cooperation among the participating agencies. The
following individuals participated in interagency
workgroups throughout the assessment and are rec-
ognized for the significant amount of time and
resources they invested in conducting various studies
and documenting the findings in this report:

Water Workgroup: Bill Carey (Bureau of
Land Management), John Gierard (formerly
Bureau of Reclamation, now Western Area
Power Administration), Dan Muller (Bureau of
Land Management), Roy Smith (Bureau of
Land Management), Steve Swanson (Bureau of
Land Management), and Steve Witte
(Colorado Division of Water Resources).

Biological Workgroup: Clay Bridges (Bureau
of Land Management, retired), Mark Elkins
(Colorado Division of Wildlife), Dave Gilbert
(Bureau of Land Management), Doug Krieger
(Colorado Division of Wildlife) , Greg Policky
(Colorado Division of Wildlife) , and Rich
Roline (Bureau of Reclamation).

Recreation Workgroup: Mike French
(Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor
Recreation), Steve Reese (Colorado Division of
Parks and Outdoor Recreation, retired), Mike
Sugaski (U.S. Forest Service), and Dave
Taliaferro (Bureau of Land Management).

Editorial and Graphics Workgroup: Linda Hill
(Bureau of Land Management) and Jennifer
Kapus (Bureau of Land Management).

The assessment team was guided throughout the
process by a management advisory group, which
was established through a formal memorandum of
understanding. The members of this group are
recognized for being responsive to the study tearn's

needs and providing helpful advice, on numerous
occasions, regarding controversial issues that arose
during the study: Levi Deike (Bureau of Land
Management), Dave Giger (Colorado Division of
Parks and Outdoor Recreation), Alice Johns
(Bureau of Reclamation), Dan McAuliffe
(Colorado Department of Natural Resources), and
Donnie Sparks (Bureau of Land Management).

During the assessment process, the services of sever-
al individuals were acquired through contracts and
an interagency agreement. The timely deliverables,
extraordinary assistance, and dedication to the
assessment of these individuals under these formal
arrangements were extremely appreciated. Kip
Bossong (U.S. Geological Survey) compiled and
analyzed a large amount of historic data, which sig-
nificandy aided the streamflow analyses in this
report. Bruce DiGennaro (formerly EDAW) pro-
vided a wealth of insight and strategy towards com-
pleting the recreation user surveys and assessment.
Teresa Rice (formerly University of Colorado
Natural Resource Law Center) completed an enor-
mous amount of research on water uses and institu-
tions. Both Bruce and Teresa wrote reports that are
of such quality they could stand alone as exhaustive
treatments of their respective assignments.

Certain individuals who were responsible for initi-
ating preliminary discussions and studies leading to
this assessment deserve special thanks for their
vision and support. They include: Mac Betta
(Bureau of Land Management, retired), Jim Fogg
(Bureau of Land Management), Jack Garner
(Bureau of Reclamation), Larry MacDonnell (for-
merly University of Colorado Natural Resource
Law Center), Steve Norris (Colorado Division of
Wildlife), Don Prichard (Bureau of Land
Management), Donnie Sparks (Bureau of Land
Management), Steve Vandas (U.S. Geological
Survey), and Pete Zwaneveld (Bureau of Land
Management).

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