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<br />. Gunnison RICD <br />. Rafting Decision <br /> <br />. Little Snake River Issues <br /> <br />Platte River Basin (page 11) <br />. Water Right Donation <br />. Oral Argument Set in TV Bypass Flow Case <br />. Cherry Creek Reservoir Study <br />. Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Study <br />. Town of Otis Floodplain Study <br />. Golden Case <br />. Ogalla Aquifer Symposium <br /> <br />Agency Updates (page 14) <br />. Mailing List <br />. DSS Annual Report <br />. Budget Update <br />. Potential Internship Program. <br />. Personnel Update <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin (page 12) <br />. Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project <br />. Upper Willow Creek Watershed Study <br />. Alamosa River Restoration Project <br />. RGDSS Status Report <br /> <br />San Juanl Dolores River Basiu (page 14) <br />. Navajo Reservoir EIS <br /> <br />Yampa aud White River Basin (page 14) <br />· Elkhead & Yampa River Management Plan, <br /> <br />Attachments (page 16) <br />. Summary of Resolved Cases <br />. De minimis Cases <br />. Loan Repayment Delinquency and Financial <br />Activity Report <br />.. Contract Processing Report <br />. Design & Construction Status Report <br />. NWRA Priorities <br />. Water Trust Letter <br />. DOW Resolution <br />. Water Leadership Program <br />. Water Education Report <br />. Water Security Legislation <br />. Drought & Snow Pack Information <br /> <br />Federal & Interstate Issues .. <br /> <br />DOl Web Site Deactivated: As a result of judicially sanctioned hackers accessing information about Indian ... <br />Tribal Trust assets, Interior Secretary Gale Norton has shut down the Department's web site, This has limited <br />our ability to keep you updated about news from federal agencies within Interior. <br /> <br />Alsea Valley ESA Case: On Nov. 16,2001 the U.S. District Court in Oregon granted environmental groups <br />intervenor status to appeal anA/sea Valley Alliance v, Ev~ns, That ruling held that the National Marine <br />Fisheries Service (NMFS) erred by allowing the Oregon Coast wild coho salmon to have ESA protection as <br />an endangered species, while not connting "genetically identical" hatchery-bred coho. The Colorado Wildlife <br />Commission has passed a resolution regarding this case that is attached, <br /> <br />NWRA Priorities: We have attached a list of 2nd Session priorities identified by members of the national <br />Water Resources for the lOih Congress. <br /> <br />Farm Bill: A new Farm Bill (S, 1731 and H.R. 2646) appears to be stalled in the Senate at the current time, <br />H.R.2646 was approved last October, Both bills contains :$15 million for Colorado River Salinity Control <br />under the EQIP appropriation line that are very important to the Salinity Control on-farm program. <br /> <br />The bill also contains controversial water provisions, On December 11, Senate Majority Leader Tom <br />Daschle (D-SD) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman ofthe Agriculture Committee, introduced a <br />Senate floor an amendment (SA 2471) in the nature ofa substitute, <br /> <br />Section 215 of the amendment amends the Food Security Act of 1985 and authorizes the Secretary of <br />Agriculture to acquire land and water under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The Secretary can <br />acquire water to benefit endangered, threatened or "sensitive" species, defined to include candidate species <br />listed under the Endangered Species Act, and ".., species that may become threatened or endangered if .. <br />conservation actions are not taken to conserve that species," ... <br /> <br />2 <br />