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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Shennan 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 />Bill Owens <br />GovetTlor <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Randy Seaholm <br />Ray Alvarado <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />November 13, 2003 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />November 20, 2003 Agenda Item 9b <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance - Non Reimbursable Projects <br />CDSS Irrigated Acreage Refresh <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />This request is for the CDSS irrigated acreage refresh program. For FY 04-05, an appropriation of $150,000 <br />is being sought from the Construction Fund for the acreage refresh program. This funding request is <br />needed to proceed with the 5-year refresh cycle in the Rio Grande River Basin and to help insure that the <br />refresh in the Arkansas River Basin is done using the same CDSS standards. No money has been appropriated <br />in the past specifically for CDSS irrigated acreage refresh. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />One of the comerstones of the CDSS effort is the mapping of irrigated acreage and attaching diversion <br />structures to the irrigated lands. As part of the ongoing maintenance of CDSS, a 5-year irrigated acreage refresh <br />cycle was adopted. As part of the Rio Grand Decision Support System, satellite imagery was acquired and <br />irrigated lands were mapped in 1998. According to the CDSS 5-year refresh cycle for irrigated acreage the Rio <br />Grande is scheduled for refresh/update of its irrigated acreage data. <br /> <br />CWCB and DWR have been working with the water users within the basin to develop cooperation between <br />RGWUA, RGWCD and CWUA in sharing some of the costs of acquiring the needed imagery and analysis <br />needed to meet each of the entities' specific needs. The group has committed to sharing a portion of the refresh <br />cost and they are in the process of developing a detailed scope of work. <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning <br />