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<br />that evening, Larry was toasted and roasted by his co-workers from both CWCB and <br />other agencies and firms with whom he has worked on innumerable projects. <br /> <br />In keeping with the agency's goal in filling vacant positions as quickly as possible, <br />Larry's soon-to-be-vacant position was posted earlier this year. Applications had been <br />received and reviewed, and interviews were held on July 11 for the Flood Protection <br />Section Chief's position. <br /> <br />A posting was done for the vacant Section Chief Position for the Office of Conservation <br />and Drought Planning Section, and applications have been received and reviewed. <br />Interviews are planned to be held in the near future. <br /> <br />The position description for the vacant Board Coordinator's position has been updated <br />and is currently being reviewed by the Human Resources Office. We are hopeful that the <br />position will be filled by the September Board Meeting. <br /> <br />Enhanced Snowpack Assessment Project: CWCB staff has been busy this spring <br />giving presentations summarizing the first two years results from the CWCB/USBR <br />collaborative project, which maps Colorado's snowpack on a 1 KM grid and basin <br />averages. The project uses the Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) modeled <br />snowpack from the NWS - National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center and <br />makes it graphically specific. There is now much interest in the project. Staff has <br />presented SNODAS snowpack results at: the May 11 th American Council of Engineering <br />Companies meeting, the June 8th Combined Food and Drought Task Force meeting, the <br />June 24th at the Colorado River Headwaters Forum meeting in Silverthorne, and the June <br />28th American Water Resources Association meeting at Denver Water. Staff met with <br />Rti on July 15. Rti is the main contractor for modeling in the River Basin Forecast <br />Centers. In an attempt to develop the next suite of products in a format compatible and <br />friendly to existing streamflow forecasts. A draft scope of work has been completed and <br />the CWCB and USBR are doing minor revisions based on recent developments. For <br />Phase II of this project we are focused on linking the SNODAS snow output information <br />Primarily snowmelt to a distributed hydro-model. Once contracts are in place, we WILL <br />do some case studies this summer and fall in the river basins, to compare streamflow <br />forecasts to actual streamflows for this year. Next spring we will have experimental <br />streamflow forecasts for all the major river basins in Colorado. <br /> <br />47 <br />