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<br />irrigated land dropped to 2.59 million acres. Mr. Waskom explained the drought caused quite a <br />reduction and we may regain some of that, but probably won't get back to where we were before <br />the drought. He further said farmers and ranchers in Colorado, who had to sell much of their <br />cattle in 2002, will benefit by the American Jobs Creation Act which actually changed the tax <br />law to help them by extending the time they have to replace assets on their acreage until 2006. <br /> <br />Joe Lambert. Energv <br />Mr. Lambert reported everything was good at this time, and he had not heard of any problems <br />looming in relation to energy production. <br /> <br />Erik Bruce. OSPB. Economics <br />Mr. Bruce said he had nothing new to report today. <br /> <br />Robin Knox. Wildlife <br />Mr. Knox expressed his concern about the low water in the reservoirs in the southeast, because it <br />still impacted the fish population. He said that statewide they were a little better than last year <br />but still below normal. Mr. Knox also said 2004 was a non-eventful year for aquatic wildlife. <br />He further mentioned that fish populations are usually replaceable and that moisture was always <br />welcome. <br /> <br />Brett N. Rodewald. Parks and Recreation <br />Mr. Rodewald reported that the parks were able to recover the green grass from the earlier <br />drought years. He also said that golf rounds, outdoor pools, and water parks were impacted by <br />the summer weather. <br /> <br />Bob Steger. Denver Water <br />Mr. Steger stated that Denver's reservoirs were at 75% in capacity compared to 76% last year. <br />He said the nonnal is 85% so they are down about 10%. Mr. Steger said Denver water <br />customers were still doing a good job with their water use. He further mentioned that <br />November's average daily water use is 146-million gallons per day, while this November they <br />had used only 117-million gallons per day. <br /> <br />Stephanie Dalgar. Tourism <br />Ms. Dalgar did not attend the meeting today, but left word that her group was continuing to <br />monitor the impacts from the summer. Otherwise everything was still status quo. <br /> <br />Barrv Cress. Department of Local Affairs <br />There was not a report from Local Affairs at this meeting. <br /> <br />Randal Ristau. Department of Health <br />There was no report from Health at this meeting. <br /> <br />Wildfires <br />There was not a report on wildfires at this meeting. <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned at 3:05 p.m. <br />