BOARD01842

• Board Meeting Date: 1/24/2006
• Description: WSP Section - San Juan Recovery Program - Revised Program Document
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Shem>.an StrI.'t't Room 721
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Pholll': [phone]
FAX; (303)866-+t74
www_C\'>'cb.sLlle.co.us

TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

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Govt'mor

FRO:\I: Randy Seaholm
Chief, Water Supply Protection

R\15.S{'IIGeorge
E:u'Cul1vl." Director

DATE: January 23. 2006

RoJ Kuharich
CWCB Dirt'\:lor

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 26, JanU3f)' 24-25. 2006 Board Meeting-
San Juan Recovery Program - Re\'ised Program Document

Rick Brown
Acting Deputy Dinxtor

Introduction

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Attached please find the "Table oreontenlS" from the most recent version of
the "Draft Program Document" dated October II, 2005 and a listing of the
subcommittees proposed changes plus additional suggested changes to the draft. A
subcommittee consisting ofTem Pitts on behalf of water users in both Colorado and
New Mexico, John Whipple for New Mexico. David Campbell the recently appointed
Program Director for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and mysclfhave been working
on updates to the "Program Document" over the last several months. We have
received one round of comments from the Program Coordination Committee and we
wanted to make the Board aware of the proposed changes to the document before
continuing discussions with the Program Coordination Committee.

In short, the subcommittee has recommended reorganizing the document,
redefined the duties of the Coordination, Biology and Hydrology Committees now that
the Service has obtained the funding for and hired a full time Program Director, and
updated sections of the document to reflect program changes and knowledge gained
since the inception of the Program in 1992.

Recommendations

No action is required of the Board at this time. but \\le do anticipate providing
the Board with a linal draft for formal approval at the ~'1arch board meeting.

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