BOARD01367

• Board Meeting Date: 3/16/2004
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

For additional information on the USGS co-op or NSIP programs, please visit the following web .
sites: htto;/lwater.uscs.gOv!coopl or hUD:llwa1cr.usgs.eo\,insipl.

\"ater Quality-Waler Quantity Coordination meeline. Our next meeting is scheduled 10 lake
place on April 5.

Vpdate on the \VQce Acth"ilies. The Water Quality Control Commission has scheduled its
annllal briefing before the House-Senate Agricuhural Committee for Mar. 10. The \\'QCC
intends 10 address four issues in Ihis briefing, the Section 309 Study, the Section 303{d) List of
impaired water bodies. wildfires and drought, and confined animal feeding operations control.

Colorado \":Hershed Protection Fund. The Board and the WQce approved revised Program
guideline and application instruction documenls in January and in February, respectively. These
documents arc posted on the Board's webpage under "Rules, Regs & Program Guidance." Also
posted on Ihe front page of the Board's \\'ebpagc is a link to the Colorado Watershed Protection
Fund wehpage that is no\v up and nlnning (www.cowalerfund.orl:!). The deadline to submit
application to receive grants for the 2004/05 cycle is April 30.

Water AC<luisition Program Slralegic Plan: We have prepared a draft Strategic Plan that
identifies key objectives and goals and the implemelllation strategies and lactics required to
achievc the goals. Additionally, dmn-marketing documents have been crealed 10 aid in
communicating hy technical and programmatic infomlation.

The initial proposal contemplated a schedule to involve key partners and special interest groups
in February 2004, a Board workshop in March 2004, and Board presentation and approval in
May 2004. Ho\vever, stafThas undertaken a strategic planning initiative for the entire Stream
and Lake Protection Program. This planning cffort will also rcquirc input from key partners and .
interest groups. To make the mosl efficient use of staff lime and available funds, staff has
adjusted the schedule for Ihe Water Acquisition Program Strategic Plan to coincide wilh the
schedule developed for the Stream and Lake Proteclion Program planning document. SlafTis
currently working with the CWCB Director, Deputy Director and the consultant 10 prepare the
projcct scope and a timeline for the combined planning elTort. More infonnalion on the process
and timeline will be a\'ailable at the ,\lay Board mecting.

2004 GO\"ernor"s Conference on Emergency ;\llma2ement: The Colorado Office of
Emergency ManagemcllI (OE\!) hOsted Ihe 2004 Governor's Conference on Emergency
,~1anagement on Feb. 24-25 in Sroomlicld. Governor O\'.'cns gave the kC)11Ote address.
Appro.\imatcly 300 emergency managers and related officials from around the stale allended the
conference. The eWeB co.produccd a mitigation grant track consisting of si:x conscclltive
breakout sessions with a member from the C\\.'CB nood protection section speaking at each
session. The conference and Ihe mitigation track received very posilive feedback from attendees
and were considered by OEM to be a success.

Cloud Seedin,g ;'\"umericall\lodeling
Stud~': On Feb. 19 thc CWCS, CSU,
Denver Water, and Reclamation ollicials
met in Fon Collins to discuss progress on
this studv that is scheduled to be completed
in Ihe fall of 2004.

In 2003 the CWCS recei\"t:d S I 00.000 to
evaluate Def1\'er Water's cloud-seeding
program. Ihe largest in the stale. Working
coopcratin~ly with CSU, Ihe study team is
using the Randomiled Atmospheric

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