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<br />UOIOl)S <br /> <br />Bring together loc4l inJerWs <br /> <br />This local group should include representatives from the irrigation district as well as <br /> <br /> <br />representatives from outside of the district in order to draft regulations and rules to encourage <br /> <br /> <br />COnservation, <br /> <br />Inji1JraJe district boards <br /> <br />An example was given of the in.creasing environmental membe~hip on water district <br /> <br />board> in California; the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board now bas a majority of <br />environmental membe~. <br /> <br />In summary. removal of these barrie~ to conservation should focus on: (1) informal <br /> <br />arrangements to encourage people to work together for a common objective, (2) changes in <br /> <br /> <br />state or federal law tbat would encourage or require irrigation districts to take on new roleS; <br /> <br /> <br />(3) infiltration into district boards by catalysts who would work within to effect some cbanges <br /> <br /> <br />within the district's operations; and (4) other types of governmental and private external <br /> <br /> <br />incentives to encourage district boards to expand tbeir roles. Merely removing barriers may not <br /> <br /> <br />effect the desired change; we need to have a carrot, a stick or a take-over to ensure that <br /> <br /> <br />change will occur. <br /> <br />21 <br />