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<br />37 <br /> <br />, KENNY C. GUINN. GouernOl" <br />RICHARi) W. BUNKER. Chairman <br />JA.'1 D. SINGHAM. Vice Chairman <br />GEORGE M. CAAN, Director <br /> <br />STATE OF NEVADA <br /> <br />SHARI BUCK, Comml,,/cmer <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />LAMOND R. MILLS. Commissioner <br /> <br />BRYAN NIX. Commluloner <br /> <br />ROLAND D. WESTERGARD. Commluloner <br /> <br />MYRNA WILLIAMS. CommissIoner <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION <br />OF NEVADA <br /> <br />January 2, 2001 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 0 5 2001 <br /> <br />Mr. Rod Kuharich <br />Director, Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 718 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Cdomdo Water Ccnserva.t<l; .: ~, . . <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Subject: Conference on Colorado River Governance <br /> <br />Dear Rod: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Is it advisable now, particularly in light of the change in Presidential <br />administrations and new Secretary of the Interior, to establish some new form of <br />governance for the Colorado River system that would guarantee fonn, fornm, process and <br />meaning to multi-state consensus regarding the Colorado River? Naming Gale Norton as <br />the prospective Secretary of the Interior, President-Elect Bush said: <br /> <br />"In my administration, she'll have a clear charge. We will restore our <br />national parks system. We will develop Dartnerships with states and local <br />governments and private citizens to conserve our lands and resources and <br />to protect the endangered species of America." <br /> <br />At the conclusion of the Water Education Foundation's Second Colorado River <br />Symposium, "Managing the Colorado River: Past, Present and Future," at the Keystone <br />Resort and Conference Center in Keystone, Colorado, in September 1999, Rita Schmidt <br />Sudman, Executive Director of the Water Education Foundation stated: <br /> <br />"At this symposium, we've had a lot of reinforcement that the limits of <br />water that were foreseen by John Wesley Powell really are real. The <br />heightened demands for environmental restoration, the reliability for <br />municipal use and agricultural supplies are converging. At the same time, <br />the end of the unused apportionment and surplus has become clearly <br />foreseeable. But this convergence is highlighted, again in discussions about <br />how much the Secretary's authorit'j and interstate cooperation can reach to <br />allocate water to better manage the river." <br /> <br />55 E. Washington Avenue. Suite 3100. Las Vegas. Nevada 89101-1048 <br /> <br />Phone: {702) 486.2670 <br />Fax: (702) 486-2695 <br />TDD (702) 486-2698 <br />http://www.state.nv.us/colorado _ river / <br /> <br />(Reo.'. 8-00) <br /> <br />IO~IIOlA <br />