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<br />002~95 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to reconsider" to the State Board by November 27, 2002. Based upon the content and substance of <br />those motions, the State Board proposes to hold a day-long hearing on December 30, 2002, to <br />address the motions to reconsider and issue their final decision in the matter. The State Board will <br />hold the December 30, 2002, hearing in Sacramento, California. <br /> <br />Basin States/Ten Tribes Discussion <br /> <br />Colorado River De/ta Symposium <br /> <br />On October 15-17,2002, a Colorado River Delta Mapping Workshop was held in Tijuana, <br />Mexico. The discussions at the workshop focused on the state of the knowledge related to the <br />resources in the Colorado River Delta region and the specific actions needed to maintain those <br />resources. Conflicts and competition associated with preserving and maintaining the environmental <br />resources and the ecosystem were also discussed. In the breakout sessions the discussions focused <br />on the coastal and marine resources; the fish and mammals; terrestrial vertebrates; habitat, <br />vegetation, and restoration and hydrology. Using the base of knowledge regarding the resources the <br />discussions then focused on specific geographical areas (the intertidal, coastal and marine area; the <br />Colorado River corridor; the Rio Hardy Corridor, and the off-channel wetlands). For each of these <br />areas, the resource priorities, the associated conflicts, and the information and data gaps were <br />identified. The identified data gaps will be utilized to focus future research and data gathering <br />efforts. I found the workshop very informative and well run. Proceedings from the workshop are <br />expected to be released by the end on November. <br /> <br />.\-. <br />'t- <br />lJ <br /> <br />Colorado River Environmental Activities <br /> <br />Lower Colorado River Mu/ti-Species Conservation Program <br /> <br />The Scientific Peer Review Panel has been assembled and is being brought under contract <br />to review elements of the second draft Conservation Plan and materials included in the addendum. <br />The Peer Review Panel has targeted the weekend of November 22-25, 2002, to meet with members <br />of the Steering Committee and the Technical Consulting Team to go over the Conservation Plan and <br />the goals of the Program. <br /> <br />Additionally, representatives ofthe Steering Committee, including Mr. Harris and myself, <br />completed several key meetings with Lower Colorado River Tribal governments related to continued <br />Tribal participation in development of the LCR MSCP. Last week we met with the Fort Mojave, <br />Colorado River, and Cocopah Indian Tribes. <br /> <br />At the meetings, each of the Tribes expressed a willingness to continue to actively participate <br />in program development, as well as long-term implementation of conservation and restoration <br />activities on certain Tribal lands within the MSCP planning area. <br /> <br />Washington. D.C. Briefing with Department o(the Interior on the MSCP <br /> <br />Representatives of the LCR MSCP Steering Committee, including myself, are scheduled to <br />meet with Assistant Secretary Raley and Reclamation Commissioner John Keys to discuss the <br /> <br />9 <br />