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<br />justification for new appropriations, and providing technical analysis for the transfer of acquired water <br />rights to Instream flow use on an as needed basis, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to this project because the fund will help the <br />Instream Flow and Natural Lake Protection Section to develop a long-range engineering support <br />services program that will address specific program-related needs such as assisting staff in conducting <br />technical analyses and providing expert testimony needed to resolve or defend the existing Instream <br />flow water rights, establish new Instream flow appropriations, or changing the use of acquired water <br />rights for Instream flow use, <br /> <br />Water Conservation Planning Program <br /> <br />1. Landscaping Best Management Practices - GreenCO Phase III <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: <br />Amount of Request: <br /> <br />GreenCO, Local Governments <br />$50,000 <br /> <br />Ranking: High <br /> <br />Product Produced: These funds will be used to continue the Green Industries of Colorado (Green <br />CO) projects, and to implement strategies identified from the $350,000 CWCB Drought Planning <br />Assessment. That Drought Planning Assessment is scheduled for completion in July 2003. The BMPs <br />developed by GreenCo also need to be adopted by municipalities, <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Drought planning continues to be an important aspect of water <br />resources management. Continuing Green CO projects relative to landscape water conservation is a <br />vital part of this management and provides the data necessary for current and future planning, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to the funding of this project because of its <br />impact on water conservation and drought planning, <br /> <br />2. Drought Assessment Response <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Local Entities <br />Amount of Request: $100,000 <br /> <br />Ranking: Medium <br /> <br />Product Produced: These funds will implement strategies identified by the CWCB Drought Planning <br />Assessment. That survey is scheduled for completion in December 2003. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: <br />resources management. <br /> <br />Drought planning continues to be an important aspect of water <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a medium recommendation to the funding of this project because the <br />results of the assessment are not yet known, A more complete request will be prepared once the <br />Assessment is complete and the recommendations have been presented to the CWCR <br /> <br />3. Covered Entity Grants <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Municipalities <br />Amount of Request: $50,000 <br /> <br />Ranking: Medium <br /> <br />. Product Produced: The CWCB is sponsoring a "Technical Assistance to Covered Entities Project" <br />beginning in Fiscal Year 2003 and continuing through Fiscal Year 2004. This project will identify <br />"covered entities" that are required by statute to have conservation plans in order to obtain state <br />financing, Phase I involves identifying, contacting and ascertaining the status of conservation planning <br /> <br />9 <br />