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<br />Develoo Broad Based Stakeholder Suooort, The CWCB stewardship program should support <br />projects/planning that include diverse stakeholders in multipurpose projects to maximize opportunities and <br />benefits to stream corridor and watershed projects. Building wnsensus among all affected stakeholders, <br />however diverse, best provides an opportunity to establish mutually supportive partnerships and offers the <br />obvious benefits of commitment to basic goals and objectives and more meaningful implementation, A <br />community approach is needed that involves various, diverse stakeholders in planning floodplain use and <br />management (e.g., land owners, resource managers, local goverrunent, environmental advocates, and <br />agricultural and business interests). Under current federal, state, and local authority, most if not all of <br />these stakeholders already have some kind of input, approval or permitting authority. This allows their <br />involvement and input in the initial stages of a program will to be more effective than involvement towards <br />the end of the planning or implement.1tion phase of a project. <br /> <br />Public Information/Technical Assistance Recommendation <br />Develoo Prog:ram for Floodolain MJ!.I2J2ing, The CWeB should establish an ongoing program for <br />floodplain mapping, The first step in watershed management is to identify the physical features of the <br />watershed. While some Colorado watersheds have had mapping completed in the early 1970's, and others <br />are still awaiting flood plain mapping to be completed, nearly every watershed or portion thereof is <br />experiencing increased development pressure, Population growth led by a very positive perception to life <br />in Colorado has created development pressures on existing infrastructure which seriously affects the ability <br />of local communities to properly manage their floodplain areas, One vital component in this effort is to <br />have accurate, up-to-date floodplain mapping information available to communities, dev.:lopers, and <br />interested parties, Such information can be effectively ust:d to assist in decision making efforts to direct <br />man's activities in combination with, ra:her than in opposition to the fimctions of the floodplain and stream <br />corridor. This investment will pay huge dividends by preserving the natural resource function of stream <br />corridors. <br /> <br />Develop Statewide GIS Coverag:e for]loodolains. Tht: CWCB, in cooperation with private and other <br />local, state, and federal entities should establish a statt:wide GIS coverage for elements of floodplain <br />management and stream rehabilitation. New technology in the form of GPS coverage as well as the more <br />traditional mapping coverage which is being digitized for use in GIS applications can be Vl:ry useful in <br />evaluating subtle but significant changes as streams and floodplains n:spond to flooding events and man's <br />efforts to protect his investment in the floodplain and stream corridor, By making GIS coverage available <br />to the public and applying current and new hydrologic modeling efforts to this data, a new level of <br />information can be made available to local decision makers and stakeholders to facilitate their efforts in <br />wise stewardship of the floodplain and stream corridor portions of tlle watershed, <br /> <br />VIl-6 <br /> <br />97.06().OOJ <br />