BOARD02469

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

this season inflows had been less than the 5,042 cfs outflow from the dam.
Inflows dropped again to 3,977 cfs June 9. The Bureau of Reclamation dropped
its outflow to 4,537 cfs the same day. The inflows further dropped to 3,269 cfs
Monday. The outflows remained constant at 4,537 cfs.

. Navajo Lake's level has fallen slightly - from 6,075 feet June 1 to 6,072 feet on
June 13. "We just had a very cool pattern in early June," Ryan said, explaining
why Colorado's snow melt had slowed down. "It's going to rebound very soon",
he added. "The inflow dropped off but the runoff is not over. Probably in a
couple of days you'll start to see the elevation of Navajo go back up again. By
early to mid-July we should see it full- just a few feet from the top."

Philip Saletta steps down as conservancy GM: After a little more than a year on the
job, General Manager Philip Saletta decided to step down from running day-to-day
operations of the Dolores Water Conservancy District. Saletta's last day as general
manager of the conservancy was June 7. He has accepted an opening as water utility
director in Oro Valley, Ariz., north of Tucson. Saletta's 13 months as general manager
followed an 18-month stint by former GM Steve Arveschoug, who left in February 2004
to become director of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk in Pueblo.

The Town of Durango Considering Filing for an RICD: Reportedly, the Town of
Durango is considering filing for a RICD this month, but the stream flows and
recreational opportunities sought are unknown at this time.

San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program Coordination Committee
Meets: The Committee met in Farmington, New Mexico on June 16. The main purpose
of the meeting was to receive committee reports and review the 2006 workplan and
budget. Approximately $2.3 million was allocated for monitoring and research, recovery
efforts, hydrologic modeling and studies, program management and capital project
management. Of this amount approximately 25% goes directly to recovery efforts, and
25% to monitoring, the balance goes to research and program management. Program
highlights are covered in the briefing document submitted to Congress annually and
which is available on the Program website at
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/sjrip/index.html via links to the Upper Colorado Recovery
Program-Program Highlights. Other areas of focus include updates to the Program
Documents, out-sourcing of certain program activities, and implementation of Section 7
guidance.

Yampa/White River Basin

Elkhead Reservoir Update: The Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement Project is now under
construction. Activity to date includes the excavation of a significant portion of the new
emergency spillway and activity related to the construction of the grout curtain. The
Colorado River Water Conservation District held a ceremony commemorating the start of
construction on June 23, 2005 in Craig, Colorado and provided the press and those

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