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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver. Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: 13031 866-4474 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: Larry Lang <br />Mark Matulik <br /> <br />DATE: May I, 1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 28c, May 11-12, 1998 Board Meeting-- <br />Status Report on the Arkansas River Channel Restoration Study <br /> <br />INFORMATION <br /> <br />The Board's study effort is divided into two (2) reaches. Lower reach: John Martin Dam <br />to Colorado/Kansas stateline with a $100,000 state budget. Upper reach: Pueblo/Otero <br />County line to John Martin Dam with a $50,000 state budget. The total study <br />authorization was for $150,000. An additional $50,000 was added by the 1997 Colorado <br />General Assembly for aerial mapping and groundwater analysis initiatives which were <br />identified for the Upper Reach once the study process was undertaken. <br /> <br />By contract dated August 9,1996 with the Albuquerque District, Corps of Engineers, the <br />CWCB and Corps are investigating problems related to recent flooding so as to identify <br />and evaluate potential solutions to address channel conveyance, sediment deposit, <br />vegetative management, reservoir operations, and riparian plantings and removal for the <br />Lower Reach. This water resource study is a multi-objective study for the development <br />of a management plan that will assist in mitigating future flood losses in harmony with <br />other water resource ::,terests. The staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board has <br />undertaken a number of activities and tasks related to the study process. A report of the <br />study activities to date follows. <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />James S. Lochhead <br />Executive Director, DNR <br />OariesC. ute. P.E. <br />Director, eweB <br />Peter H. Evans <br />Acting Director, eweB <br />