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. . I. serious threat to life, water supply aud property. West of Divide fire zones pose primary risk from July 15 to Sep I. Henz' s summer forecast includes au above average severe weather threat on eastern plains with return of damaging hail aud tornadoes to Front Rauge from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Flash flood threat will be very active July 10 until August 20. Rainfall will be about 60"90 percent of normal. Mountain reservoirs will still remain below normal aud demaud may exceed supply by August unless a "lucky" monsoon rain hits the right basins. A representative from the NOAA-Climate Diagnostics Center stated that we may see wetter thau average conditions this summer, but there is a tendency for drought conditions to perpetuate themselves. He said that this is not a 100" year drought but typical of Colorado climate, aud due to heavy demaud we are more vulnerable thau agricultural aud municipal use was in the 1950's. The Flood Task Force then adjourned for the 2002 season. CWCB Flood staffwill continue to participate in the Water Availability Task Force and expects to be very busy with flood protection and watershed restoration resulting from the fires. The next W ATF meeting is July 26. Flood Hazard Mitigation Workshops: The Mark Matulik of the Flood Protection Section aud Claucy Phillipsborn, a hazard mitigation specialist, will conduct four "Flood Hazard Mitigation" workshops this summer for local governments aud floodplain mauagers. The conference registration form is posted on the CWCB web site at htto://cwcb.state.co.us/flood watchlworkshops02.pdf aud you cau call Joe Busto at (303) 866"4807 or Mark Matulik at (303) 866"4805 with questions. The workshops cost $20 aud will be held August 19 in Pueblo, August 20 in Montrose, August 21 in Glenwood Springs aud August 22 in Greeley. More information is posted on the web site at htto://cwcb.state.co.uslflood watchIFMAP.htm. 800 flyers for this conference were mailed in early June. Local government hazard mitigation plaus need to be in place by November I, 2003 in order to receive federal assistauce aud must to address all natural hazards n not just floods. Contact us for more information about these deadlines aud about finaucial assistauce. The Office of Emergency Mauagement may also have grauts to help prepare hazard mitigation plaus. For more information contact Marilyn Gally at (303) 273"1775. Colorado Water Trust: The Colorado Water Trust Board met in June aud adopted a Strategic Piau. Key goals include finalizing five trausactions in the next three years, including one donation to the CWCB completed through the water court process. The Water Trust has added two new board members- - Patti Wells aud Charles Bedford. Other Board members include Mike Browning- President, David Robbins- Vice-President, Leo Eisel- Secretary, David Harrison- Treasurer, Charles Bedford, David Getches, Bill Gordon, John Porter, Karla Shriver, Patti Wells, Chris West, aud Ruth Wright. The Water Trust also adopted guidelines for prioritizing water acquisitions of water. The guidelines require that auy water right acquisitions meet the following specific criteria: · Support "water short," ecologically significaut, water-dependaut natural environments (as mapped in the CDOW "Identified Potential Interests" project). · Compliment rather thau duplicate or compete with other established conservation programs. · Comply with Colorado water law, including water development under interstate compacts aud equitable apportionments. · Have credible records of actual consumptive use, i.e., no "paper" or conditional rights, or other factors that invite hotly contested chauge cases.