BOARD02469

• Board Meeting Date: 7/18/2005
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Water Management Seminar: "Water 101 Y2 - Colorado Water Management and Local
Practical Applications - a seminar featuring Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs was held
on June 3 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center in Cortez.

Western State College Water Courses: Western Water History, Law and Politics (1
credit course) is being offered at Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison July 20-
22,2005. Natural History of the Gunnison River Basin (2 credit course) will be offered
on July 22-26, 2005. For fee and schedule information contact George Sibley at
gsiblev (Q) \vesternedu.

Colorado Water Workshop: The 30th Annual Colorado Water Workshop will be held
in Gunnison at the Western State College on July 27-29. For fee, college credit, and
schedule information contact George Sibley at 970-943-2055 or \![e-mail].

CWC Summer Convention: The 2005 Colorado Water Congress Summer Convention
will be held on August 25 and 26, 2005 at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort, Steamboat
Springs. Key members of the Governor's Cabinet have accepted CWe's invitation to
address the delegates; namely; Don Ament, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture;
Doug Benevento, Executive Director, Department of Public Health & Environment; and
Russ George, Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources. The featured
(invited) speakers for the Thursday lunch are Governor Bill Owens and Speaker of the
House Andrew Romanoff. The Friday meetings will have an update on the CWCB's
SWSI effort, plus CSU involvement in Water Issues. The Friday Luncheon speaker will
be Norm Semanko, President of the National Water Resources Association. For more
information visit 'V\V\V.co\vutercongress.org.

Colorado Water Congress - 24th Annual Water Law Seminar: The 24th Annual
CWC Seminar on Colorado Water Law will be held on September 26-27,2005 at the
Colorado Water Congress offices, 1580 Logan Street, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado. The
classes will be limited in size and will include several members of the State Legislature.
The registration fee is $650 for Colorado Water Congress members and $1,000 for non-
members. In 2004, this seminar was awarded 20 CLE general credits and 0.9 Ethics
credits. Please check on CWe's website at www.cowatercongress.org and click on
Meeting Notices where the program and registration forms will be posted as soon as
available.

Colorado Water Congress Workshops: All four of the workshops listed below will be
held in the Colorado Water Congress Conference Room, 1580 Logan St., Ste. 400,
Denver, Colorado. CLE credits have been applied for each seminar and workshop. The
CLE credits awarded during 2004 are shown in italics below. The workshops program
and registration forms will be posted to the CWC website www.cowatercon\!ress.org
during the summer.

Workshop on Water Quality, October 12,2005 -- 7 General CLE Credits awarded 2004;
Workshop on Endangered Species, October 13, 2005 - 7 General CLE Credits awarded
2004;

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