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<br />Colorado
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<br />Water Availability Task Force
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<br />TO: Members of the Colorado Water Availability Task Force
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<br />FROM: Brad Lundahl, Water Availability Task Force Chair
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<br />DATE: September 22,2004
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<br />SUBJECT: Minutes of the Tuesday, September 21, 2004, Task Force Meeting
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<br />The meeting was called to order Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004, at CSU's Foothills Campus in Fort
<br />Collins, Colorado. Those in recorded attendance included: Brad Lundahl, Mike Gillespie,
<br />Klaus Wolter, Bob Steger, Rob Wawrzynshi, Todd Neff, Joe Lambert, Reagan Waskom,
<br />Mary R. Halstead, Marti Morgan, Scott Archer, Jennifer Erxleben, Chris Pacheco,
<br />Keith Vander Horst, Larry Lang, Roger Pielke, Bill Hansen, Esther Vincent, Joe Messina,
<br />Major King, Bob Glancy, John D. Gordon, and Kathie Hepp-Lucki.
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<br />Brad Lundahl. Colorado Water Conservation Board, W A TF Chair
<br />Mr. Lundahl welcomed everyone to the meeting. The meeting began at 10:05 a.m. in CSU's
<br />CIRA Building.
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<br />Later, Mr. Lundahl suggested people think about having a workshop early next year with other
<br />drought task force groups from other states.
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<br />Governor's Policv Office
<br />There was no one from the Governor's office at this meeting.
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<br />Jack Bvers, Deputv Director, Division of Water Resources
<br />Mr. Byers was unable to attend this meeting.
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<br />Mike Gillespie, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
<br />Mr. Gillespie said our SNOTEL was above average for this time of the month, to date, for the
<br />western half of the state, and the rest of the state was average to slightly below average. He
<br />mentioned that the water year, to date, is below average, and most of the state is slightly below
<br />average overall.
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<br />Mr. Gillespie stated that the precipitation figures as of yesterday are below average since 1999.
<br />He said for this date in 2002, our precipitation was below average, and for 2004 we are now in a
<br />deficit of 5.48 inches. However, Mr. Gillespie said as of this date in September, we are slightly
<br />above average, and that August was a dry month for us.
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