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<br />. <br /> <br />STATE-OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natura! Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Tom Browning, Chief, Flood Protection Section <br />Rick Brown, Acting Deputy Director <br />Brian Hyde, Flood Protection Section <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Rick Brown <br />Acting Deputy Director <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />January 16, 2006 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Agenda Item 15 - January 24-25, 2006 CWCB Meeting <br />Watershed Restoration Program - Status Update <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The purpose of this memorandum is to update the Board regarding the proposed CWCB Watershed Restoration <br />Program and to provide follow up information concerning the discussions that took place during the November <br />2005 CWCB meeting, <br /> <br />Back!!round <br />Since 1996 CWCB staff has overseen a number of watershed restoration planning studies and implementation <br />projects. These planning studies and projects have been funded through a variety of funding sources and have <br />involved partnerships with a variety of entities, While there is not yet a unified and comprehensive Colorado <br />Watershed Restoration Program, much progress has been made in developing template planning study outlines <br />and in maintaining some degree of conceptual and technical consistency for studies. CWCB has acquired some <br />experience in overseeing implementation projects in addition to managing planning studies, however there is <br />work to be done in defining standard practices for restoration implementation projects that could be funded by <br />the CWCR <br /> <br />Previous Construction Fund legislation, beginning in 1996, directed the CWCB to participate in a variety of <br />watershed restoration and multi-objective stream activities, The previous legislation tasked the CWCB with <br />addressing issues such as flood control, stream stability, channel migration, erosion & sedimentation, vegetative <br />management, improved irrigation supply, reservoir operations, and other related issues, <br /> <br />More recently, legislation regarding the watershed protection fund involved the CWCB with additional <br />activities, In 2002, the General Assembly created a watershed protection fund to be financed with money from <br />an annual tax check-off. The legislative language states that protection of the natural heritage and quality of life <br />are essential to sustainable economic development in Colorado, The general assembly declared that locally <br />based watershed groups have emerged around the state over the past decade that are committed to collaborative <br />approaches to the restoration and protection of lands and natural resources within Colorado's watersheds in <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Consetvation Board <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning <br />