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,teL, Representatives of these groups are participating in the development and review of content. Current Sponsors The project has received fimding or donations of services from: . US Bureau of Reclamation ' . State Historic Fund · Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC . AgTowo, LLC Financial Requirements I Request for Support We are seeking funding ofSIO,Ooo to help complete the be1l\ testing and review by water professionals and teachers along with the subsequent development of the teacher's guide, We have sought out the Colorado' Water Conservation Board because it is our hope that the 'Water in the West' project dovetails nicely with the educational activilies:ofthe CWCB, We feel that the project can help the youth of our stale be more water aware and literate: We would very muck like to be part of the Colorado Water Conservation Board's proaclive leadership role informing and educating citizens of Colorado on water management. "A River's Journey - Water in the West" program provides some of the materials to schools to achieve this mission, The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture The project sponsor is the Colol1ldo Foundation ror Agriculture (CFA), The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture is a SO I (cX3) nOI-for-profit educational cOlponltion, incorporaled in 1991. Its mission is 10 foster communication, cooperation and coordination between the educational system and the food, fiber and natural resource industries; to serve the ptople and inform them about agricullu'e, its values, needs, opportunities and challenges; and to provide support far the development of educational resources for agricultural literacy, The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture has assumed the;responsibility for producing the Colorado Reader and Ag in the Classroom programs from the Colorado Department of Agriculture, The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture is the only Colorado organizatibn that publishes and distributes the Colorado Reader series. Since the Colorado Foundation for Agricullu'e took OVer responsibility for the Colorado Readers, it has produced readen; on a variety of topics such as Livestock, Com, Whea~ Dairy, Wildlife, Forests, Animal Science, Weeds, Recycling, Integrated Pest Management and Water and distributed over five million Colorado Readers, The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture utilizes represeqtatives from industry, state agencies, universities and Cooperative Extension to produce each issue of the C610rado Reader series. , ] In addition to the Colorado Reader series, CF A coordinareh the Ag in the Classroom programs within Colorado. CFA has also published several activity books, ,~~Iuding "Understanding Water", "Wool and Sheep," and "Wildlife." The "Understanding Wate'" activity book has been very popular with educators and students, The fact that it has been reprinted three times is representative of edu.:ator demands for current materials about water, Previous CD-ROM Titles CF A previously developed and distributed the award-wi~ing interactive CD-ROM "A Century of Seasons" ~hich highlighted Colorado's centennial fanns "I'd ranches and addressed issues of' urban growth, agricultUre and sustainability, Developer Emmett Jordan has also produced a variety orCD.ROM multimedia and interactive touch screen projects for such clients as the Colorado Rockies, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Pro Rodeo