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<br />Gl:nll;SOfl Basin S~~GTEL & S~~GD.'\3 S;;o,,' \Na~e, EQl;,valBfl: ~,.tay 1EL 20CS <br /> <br /> <br />cs .~-,.^,.~ ~.<- ~ <br /> <br />~~~-;:;; <br /> <br />,.,'"',~.,w''' <br />..ie'.-'" <br /> <br />k"'-'," <br />2:,.""-'" <br /> <br />,;:",,"-'" <br />&".."" <br /> <br />'''',''''''''El''''''''',''''h'': <br />.o~" <br />."-. <br />~1;~:: <br /> <br />~::-~ <br />'t\.~",." <br />lIIIIIi-"'''- <br /> <br /> <br />+ <br />J~""",,~ <br />~,'R~"",,; :':'~ <br /> <br />NRLC Conference: The Natural Resources Law Center held its 26th Annual Summer <br />Conference June 8-10 at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The Conference, entitled <br />"Hard Times on the Colorado River: Drought, Growth and the Future of the Compact", <br />highlighted legal, policy and management issues relating to the long-term future of the <br />Colorado River. Topics discussed will included the Law of the River, availability of the <br />system to meet delivery and hydropower obligations, potential impacts of shortages to <br />water users and the environment, and solutions for future management. We are <br />sponsoring this year's conference. <br /> <br />At the conference, Jim Lochhead stated that water shortages on the drought-plagued <br />Colorado River are almost inevitable by 2011, a fact that could force warring Western <br />states to put aside their differences and find new ways to manage the river's dwindling <br />resources. <br /> <br />"All the states are at risk," said Jim Lochhead, former executive director of the Colorado <br />Department of Natural Resources and an expert on Colorado River issues. "And when all <br />parties are at risk, there is potential for a mutually beneficial (resolution)." Rick Brown <br />also presented at the conference. Rick's key message was that Colorado will develop its <br />compact water and the downstream states need to quit using more than their share of the <br />Colorado River. <br /> <br />15 <br />