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<br />,- <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />lJlhJ17 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />S~E 1\r1E\1BERS!-:!P: <br /> <br />"-;:t'n G.lme ;'tf'j F"i~" D~::l.H,rr:Ci1: <br />C.,lifcrnia Dcpartm~f'1t of F!;~ .;.~.:. '~J;r.c <br />Co.or:!co Division :Jf Wi:,:!!ifz <br />N'~vJ::1J Depart/llet1: '..l~ ',";I:::;I,.t: <br />New MexIco DeOili,:":"1Cn: 0" G~.""c In',] riSt': <br />Utah Division of V'lolrJiiie H.~s,Jt!fces <br />Wyoming G;,me and Fish :Jep3ftment <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER WILDLIFE COUNCIL <br /> <br />COOPERA TI NG FEDERAL AGE~KI ES: <br /> <br />Bureau of Indj]n Affairs <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Corps of Engineers <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Forest Service <br />National P,Hk Service <br /> <br />RESOLUTION - FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ON THE COLORADO RIVER <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the stated objectives of the Federal goverment in <br />floodplain management are to: <br /> <br />1- Reduce the risk of flood loss or damage to property; <br />2- Minimize the impact of flood loss on human safety, <br />health and welfare; <br />3- Restore, maintain and preserve the natural and <br />beneficial functions of floodplains; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, those natural and beneficial functions of floodplains <br />include important fish and wildlife values, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the high releses in the Colorado River in 1983 have <br />reemphasized the need for floodplain management, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, these efforts are proceeding without interagency <br />coordination and may produce a non-uniform unsatisfactory result; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the seven states of <br />the Colorado River Wildlife Council, do urge the U. S. Bureau of <br />Reclamation to take the lead in coordination of a floodplain management <br />program for the Lower Colorado River. <br />