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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8210.140.20.A
Description
Colorado River - Colo River Basin - Orgs/Entities - CRBSF - California - Colo River Board of Calif
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CA
Date
8/14/2001
Author
Gerald Zimmerman
Title
Executive Directors Monthly Report to the Colorado River Board of California
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Report/Study
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Minute No. 306 Symposium (Colorado River Delta Symposium) <br /> <br />Arrangements for the September II'" and 12'" Colorado River Delta Symposiwn are rapidly <br />coming together. It is my understanding the USlMexican Sections of the IBWC have worked out <br />arrangements to print the proceedings from the Symposiwn; the speakers are being confinned; and the <br />logistics for the symposiwn are being finalized. Included in the Board folder for your infonnation is <br />a copy of the Preliminary Agenda for the Symposiwn. <br /> <br />Colorado River Environmental Activities <br /> <br />Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP) <br /> <br />Development of the LCR MSCP is continuing with the technical consultant teams evaluating <br />comments from various subcommittees on the recently released administrative draft of the conservation <br />plan. The Steering Committee and consultant teams are now awaiting receipt of critically needed <br />infonnation associated with preparation of an "impacts assessment" from the U.S. Bureau of <br />Reclamation. Reclamation is developing hydrologic and hydraulic modeling data regarding the <br />potential water transfers that may occur during the 50-year life of the MSCP, through relevant programs <br />such as the California Colorado River Water Use Plan and Arizona-Nevada Water Banking Agreement. <br />The analyses being developed are similar in nature to those developed for the environmental assessment <br />for the IID-SDCW A transfer. <br /> <br />Included in your handout materials is a copy of a letter that was received from the U.S. Fish <br />and \Vildlife Service (USFWS) Regional Director, Ms. Nancy Kaufman, dated August 3, 2001. This <br />letter provides additional guidance on how the USFWS will detennine the "mitigation credit" available <br />to the MSCP partnership associated with the implementation of the "interim conservation measures" <br />and the proposed "Phase I Projects" (aka "pilot projects"). The USFWS will consider the effects of <br />these activities upon the MSCP listed species when it evaluates the final MSCP submitted for review <br />and approval in late-2002 or early-2003. Additionally, the letter describes how the USFWS will treat <br />species being included within the MSCP, but not yet listed as endangered or threatened. The USFWS <br />indicates that the research and monitoring component of the final MSCP should ensure that sufficient <br />biological and ecological data is collected such that if the species become listed at some future date, the <br />USFWS will be able to utilize this infonnation in detennining the benefits of the implemented MSCP <br />activities. Finally, the USFWS indicated that the partnership may wish to consider seeking regulatory <br />"coverage" for a smaller nwnber of species than the current 57 species, as the costs associated with <br />activities intended to benefit all 57 of the species is likely to be high. <br /> <br />Status of California Fully Protected Species Efforts <br /> <br />There is still no resolution of the California fully-protected species issue. Apparently, both <br />Assembly bills (Florez and Kelley) are still moving forward through the legislative process. It is my <br />understanding that the Administration is developing proposed position regarding how the 37 fully <br />protected species would be evaluated and, if warranted, incorporated for coverage under the Cali fornia <br /> <br />6 <br />
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