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003228 DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES Empire Building, Suite 300 231 East 400 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 MEMORANDUM September 15, 1981 TO: Executive Subcommittee, PSIAC FROM: Barry C. Saunders, Chairman SUBJECT: September 9 meeting On September 9, 1981, the Executive Subcommittee of the Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee met in Alburquerque, New Mexico. An agenda and attendance list are attached. The mi nutes of the April 7 meet i ng were approved as di stri buted. Technical Subcommittee Reports Water and Ve etation Mana ement Subcommittee: The letter of Chairman Bernard Smlth was read Attachment 3 , and the Work Plan contained therein was approved. Vern Valantine of the special Augmentation Task Force reported on the activities of this group, and detailed the meeting held the morning of September 9. (Formal mi nutes of thi s meet i ng wi 11 be submi tted at a later date.) l'lr. Valantine requested that PSIAC submit a letter to the Regional Forester, Intermountain Region, containing a restatement of support for the vegetative management for increased water yield program, and a criticism of the draft regional plan because of insufficient attention to vegetative management. Under present Forest Service Policy, increased water yield is considered only as a byproduct of the timber harvesting program. The Executive Subcommittee passed a motion to send this recommendation to the parent committee. The Subcommittee passed a second motion recommending that PSIAC authorize member states and agencies to present the PSIAC position at public hearings on regional and forest plans. Regarding the USBR weather modification program, the Executive Subcommittee passed a motion recommending that PSIAC send a letter of support to Commissioner Broadbent. It was also strongly urged that states that had not sent similar letters to the new Administration do so. Mr. Valantine will contact the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum and request their support for this program. Environmental and Recreation Subcommittee: No work plan was presented to the Executive Subcommittee, and no representative of the Environmental and Recreation Subcommittee was present at the meeting. B-7 ,,,-. ,,- il,...