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<br />Tahle of <br />Conll'uts <br /> <br />I. \Vc:ll.XII1lL'! <br />, Wha[\. (1Il Our <br /> Agt'nua. <br />3 The Fir..., Line of <br /> Ddt.'n"l' Again...! <br /> Drought <br />4. \\'\,;"re Up To the' <br /> Challenge.... <br />5-6. Acnllllpli"hmcnt... <br /> map (cenler "preadl <br />7. CRWCD Board of <br /> Dirt'elm... <br /> <br />R. ~OOJ Legislati\'e <br />Roundup <br /> <br />9- 10. Budget & Financial... <br /> <br />11. Art:a... of Need ~1ap <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />Welcome! <br /> <br />Dcar Reader: <br /> <br />Welcome to the Colorado Ri \'cr \Vater <br />Com.ervation District.... 2003 Annual Report. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />IJw <br />.~. <br /> <br />Thi.s pa...t year was another vcry actin~ period <br />for the Colorado River District. The par<:hed <br />conditions of 2002 could still be: felt in the had: <br />of our throats as we grapph:d with a heightened <br />awarcne...s of Ihe growing pressures 011 the We...! <br />Slorx-.s \I,:aler supply. Th.is pa..., !'.ummcr.lntcrior <br />Secrct<lry Gale Norton pointed this out very suc- <br />cinctly when she ullveiletl a lie\\' report on <br />waler in Ihe We~t in which she said, "We are in SIl'l'hell A1. Mathis <br />a Ile\l... em of limilations," Aft~r 2002\ intense <br />w~Ucr shortages, Western Colorado, as well as Ihe rest of Ihe stale, more clearly <br />understands Ihe limitalions and competing inteft:sls complicating our water SUP4 <br />ply pic!ure. <br /> <br />This annual rcport dOl:uments the Colorado River Di~trict \. acU\;ltles and <br />accomplishments- of Ihe pa...t year and poillls the Jireclion in which Ihe <br />Coloratlo Rivcr District is headed. This message is critic;.lIly imporlant 10 Ihe <br />public because as flows our wuicr, ...0 !lows the economy of Western Colonldo. <br />Providing the public with information on \\oh~lt i~ happening in thc world of <br />waler is more important than e\oer. especially with the nitical role public <br />in\'()lv~mC'nt plays in formulating public policy ~lIld implcmcnting needed <br />mea...ures. <br /> <br />The Colorado River District, as the prilll.:ipal reprcsent,~ti\'e of the West Slopt"'s <br />water intcrc~t..... remains aCl'ounlabJe to its constituents -the rcsitlenls of the] 5 <br />counties within its boundaries, The following pages illustrate the resolve with <br />whkh we ,arc pun;ui-ng this-3ccOllnlability, <br /> <br />Sincerel,y, <br /> <br />WI/v{. wlL <br /> <br />. \ <br />President of Ihe Board of Directors (20CW) <br />Coloratlo River Watcr Conservalion Dbtrict <br /> <br />THE COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br />P.o. Box 1101 <br />GknwOl.\l.i Spring', CO KI60:! <br />Ph..: (970194;-85~1 <br />Fa\: (~7n) 945..8799 <br />\\.l'tl\il{': \\\\".{'"nH'L1,llr~ <br />