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• File Number: 8210.470
• Description: Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/9/1980
• Author: PSIAC
• Title: Minutes of the 80-3 Meeting - December 9-10 1980
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Desert Fishes Council: The Desert' Fishes Council is a quasi-

governmental entity made up of representatives from the U, S. Fish &

Wildlife Service, Nevada and California Fish and Wildlife Agencies

and interested private individuals,

The group has a scope of interest which includes all endemic

desert fishes of the Nevada-California area, The Council ~reates

recovery teams for threatened desert fishes and makes recommendations

for addition or removal of candidate species. Meetings are held on an

as-needed basis.

Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Streamflow Forecasting: The

Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Streamflow Forecasting for the

Colorado River System was established in November, 1979.' By Memorandum

of Understanding, the committee formed a joint streamflow forecasting

facility, designated as the Colorado River ,Forecasting Service (CRFS).

The operation of this facility will be at the National Weather Service

.(~n~s), COlorado Basin River Forecast Center, located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This is a cooperative effort of six federal government agencies to

improve the accomplishment of each agency's responsibility for the

Colorado River System, These agencies include: the National Weather

Service (NWS); the Upper and Lower Colorado River Regions of the Water

and Power Resources Service (IVPRS); the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS);
the South Pacific Division of the Corps of Engineers (COE);the Western

Area Power Administration (WAPA); and the Soil Conservation Service (SCS).

The overall goal of the CRFS is to pool certain resources of the

participants to improve streamflow forecast methods and to facilitate

data collection and dissemination for the Colorado River System, The

program will utilize advanced techniques for river forecasting, the

application of computers and hydrologic simulation models, and the use

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