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<br />COLORADO R.IVER BASIN MANAGEMENT STUDY: FINAL REPORT
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<br />Mod~\s and predictions say there will be diminished runoff
<br />supplY. An issue should be that we need to plan for these
<br />changes, regardless of whether is happens. There needs to
<br />be a ~ystem in place.
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<br />How)do you fund other than consumptive uses?
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<br />Is th~ status quo on the river providing the largest benefit
<br />to thF largest group?
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<br />ISSUES THAT INVOLVE THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF BASIN MANAGEMENT
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<br />DAVID OSIAS
<br />ALLEN, MATKINS, LECK, GAMBLE & MALLORY
<br />SAN DIEGO, CA
<br />The existing institutional framework needs to be modified
<br />to enable the maximum utilization of the finite water
<br />resource to proceed on a timetable and through a process
<br />that is less court-focused and glacial in time.
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<br />REGIONAl. STAKEHOI.DER MEETING
<br />ONTARIO, CA
<br />MET views this as one of top three with hydropower and
<br />water efficiency issues. Looking to regional solutions to form
<br />decision making bodies. This is key to problems below. We
<br />won't find solutions if we have to resort to litigation.
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<br />Issue is the need to develop framework for law of the
<br />River that would allow some changes to occur; that need-
<br />ed modifications to law can occur, e.g. allow banking in
<br />reservoirs to occur. Could be legislation, agreement, etc.
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<br />LORI PO'l'TER
<br />SIERRA CLUB LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
<br />DE:NVER, CO
<br />An equally important issue involves marketing, endangered
<br />species, economics, and the future direction of the Bureau.
<br />How do we meet increasing demands? The AnimaslLa Plata
<br />project will surely be Reclamation's last big project, certainly
<br />on Colorado River. If completed, this project would remove
<br />200,000 acre-feet of water out of river. This is a large, costly
<br />depletion and involves many other issues listed here.
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<br />REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING
<br />LAS VEGAS, NV
<br />There is a need to identify and balance the many conflict-
<br />ing public values.
<br />- Native and non-native species
<br />- Recreation vs. power
<br />- Recreational uses of fishermen and jet skis
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<br />There is need for institutions for basin-wide management.
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<br />REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING
<br />ROCK SPRINGS, WY
<br />Cannot eliminate litigation, When you deal with legal
<br />boundaries, you have litigation,
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<br />State issues should be resolved within the state, e,g.,
<br />Nevada and Southern California.
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<br />Legally you can't look with an interbasin perspective,
<br />They are two separate entities,
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<br />Need to take an ecosystem view and add cumulative
<br />impacts of all kinds of development. We have become
<br />used to how the river is used and treated. We need a
<br />clearer picture painted with minute detail, e.g., illegal use,
<br />etc. Look at the real condition of the river.
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<br />Taking a drainage type philosophy, who will decide what
<br />the parameters are, who will be the judge, I'm the affected
<br />party. I can't take the steps I see necessary for quality
<br />because they are against the law.
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<br />REG:IONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING
<br />LAS,!VEGAS, NV
<br />How do we pull tributary issues into mainstream manage-
<br />ment processes. They are better addressed in conjunction.
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<br />Fin4ing implementable, agreeable funding in general is an
<br />acro~s the board concern.
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<br />Dis~grees with concern over short planning time. Most pre-
<br />sent! planning is long-term (50 years).
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<br />BI~L PERSONS
<br />AZ :GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
<br />PHOE:NIX, AZ
<br />I as?ume this is where an Ecosystem Management or
<br />Ad~ptive Management group WIll become mvolved m man-
<br />agi~g the Colorado Basin (this should really include both
<br />upqer and lower basin states to encompass the larger scale
<br />ecopystem). Again, my experience as a resource
<br />res~archerlmanager may bias my outlook.
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<br />R~GIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEE:TING
<br />ONTARIO, CA
<br />Bigger issue is not conflicts between components of Law of
<br />the River, but conflicts in interpretation of the components.
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<br />R~GIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING
<br />D8:NVER, co
<br />C~anging uses in the basin are very significant. If one
<br />coj11d couple a better understanding of the changing uses,
<br />wi~h new processes and approaches to resolve roadblocks
<br />to ,ibetter uses, etc.
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<br />It'$ too easy to stop things from happening in the basin,
<br />thfre has to be a better way.
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<br />R~GIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING
<br />FtRMINGTON, NM
<br />Plan, danlt accommodate.
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<br />The larger picture is often ignored, just because local peo-
<br />ple want a project doesn't make that a good water project..
<br />P~ople in New Jersey should not subsidize the southwest.
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<br />Ai community should never overplan its resource base.
<br />~ecognition of carrying capacity.
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<br />~here is a disconnect between allocation of resources and
<br />then shifting of cost. Shifting of costs should be conSIdered
<br />i~ cost benefits of any new project.
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