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<br />003213 <br /> <br />MINUTES OF WATER AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT <br />TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE - APRIL 7. 1981 <br /> <br />The Subcommittee meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman <br />Bernard Smith. Those in attendance were. <br /> <br />Name <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Kenneth G. Renard <br />Carl Slingerland <br />Carl J. Baird <br />Peter J. Stender <br />Richard G. Krebi11 <br />Bernard Smith <br />Philip Briggs <br />Bill Mathews <br />Mike Hart <br />Vernon E. Valentine <br />Robert Morgan <br />Larry Schmidt <br />Jack Aimone <br />Robert E. Walstrom <br />Niles Glasgow <br />Carl E. Pachek <br />Richard L. Morgan <br />Bob McCullough <br />Rhey Solomon <br />A. R. Hi bbert <br />Dave Gerke <br /> <br />Agency <br /> <br />USDA-SEA <br />New Mexico <br />USDA-Forest Service <br />USDA-Forest Service <br />USDA-Forest Service <br />DOE-FERC <br />AZ DWR <br />Flood Control District <br />AZ State Land Dept. <br />CA-Co1umbia River Board <br />USGS <br />Forest Service, R-3 <br />Water & Power Res. Service <br />NV Div. of Water Planning <br />Soil Conservation Service <br />Soil Conservation Service <br />U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service <br />WPRS-Lower Colorado Region <br />USDA-Forest Service <br />USDA-Forest Service <br />AZ DWR <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Tucson, AZ <br />Santa Fe, NM <br />Ogden, UT <br />Ogden, UT <br />Tempe, AZ <br />San Francisco, CA <br />Phoenix, AZ <br />Phoenix, AZ <br />Phoenix, AZ <br />Los Angeles, CA <br />Sacramento, CA <br />A1burquerque, NM <br />Sacramento, CA <br />Carson City, NV <br />Phoenix, AZ <br />Phoenix, AZ <br />Phoenix, AZ <br />Boulder City, NV <br />A1burquerque, NM <br />Tempe, AZ <br />Phoenix, AZ <br /> <br />Mr. Vernon Valentine, Colorado River Board of California, agreed to <br />be the Chairman for the AD Hoc Committee for monitoring water yield <br />augmentation activities in the Colorado River System. The Water Augmen- <br />tation Ad Hoc Committee will respond annually to the Water and Vegetation <br />Subcommittee. Mr. Valentine gave a report on the formation and progress <br />of his Task Force. <br /> <br />The Task Force met on April 6, 1981, pri0r to the PSIAC meeting. <br />Chairman Valentine reviewed the purpose of the. Task Force, which is to <br />monitor work by the Water and Power Resources Service on cloud seeding <br />programs and by the U. S. Forest Service on vegetative management programs, <br />and to report to the PSIAC on progress and on actions that may be taken <br />to facilitate programs. Mr. Olin Foehner reported on Colorado River <br />Augmentation Hearings before the House Subcommittee on Water and Power <br />Resources on March 25. He said that the testimony strongly supported <br />weather modification and vegetative management studies, and that the <br />Congressmen were very supportive. Mr. Foehner said that the WPRS has <br />sufficient funds from line items in the budget to conduct office studies <br />for the program, but additional funds are needed for field studies. The <br />WPRS is processing a Secretarial Issue Document which, if approved by <br />Secretary of Interior Watts, would enable the WPRS to budget for full <br />project implementation. Mr. Hilton Silvey of the Rocky Mountain Region, <br /> <br />B-23 <br /> <br />,. <br />Ji- <br />