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ApPENDIX 1 ISSUES THAT INVOLVE THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF BASIN MANAGEMENT Combining the basins has real problems. Upper and Lower basins were formed to allow upper basin to develop at a slower rate. If we lose the dividing line, we'll have lost chance to develop at a slower rate. Water management needs to be a cooperative effort, how- ever the Law of the River is antagonistic. How are you going to pull off a cooperative paradigm when it's not cooperative? There is a lack of llexibility in the system. Look at adjudi- cations within the different states-there are conditional water rights in New Mexico that are 60 years old. No one can touch the water. The Bureau is the villain in one case water users in another. ' REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING DENVER, CO The Bureau of Reclamation meeting is trying to develop a more sophisticated way of routing water. Problems now are due in a big way to how the water is monitored and rout- ed. There is a need for more sophisticated monitoring and modeling to mimic a more natural process. Trend regarding consumption and use - consumptive to non-consumptive and rural to urban. Where water is used and how it's valued. REGIONAL STAKEtlOLDER MEETING ST. GEORGE, UTAH Lack of information, in old Virgin River pictures, the chan- nel was much wider, the river was much more braided and vegetation has come in -tamarisk. Regardless, it is chang- ing, the information isn't available for what happens to bedload, etc. The people who want to know will have to pay for it if they want to know. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING DENVER, CO An alarming trend is the loss of gauging systems. We need to monitor water and sediment throughout the basin in order to have effective monitoring. All the great ideas in the world are no good if you can't predict what will happen on the ground. I'd like to see a list of trends in management of river man- agement, world wide. I think there is a worldwide trend developing and it needs to be identified. Good to put this river system in perspective with other rivers. One benefit of this project could be a common understand- ing of what impacts are and why they are important to consider. That should be an outcome. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING ONTARIO, CA Of general concern are the impacts of current legislation and regulations on every issue and the changing political climate in generaL REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING SALT LAKE C ITV, UT What does conflicts between components of the Law of the River mean? There are two forms of Law of the RiveT' with and without Endangered Species Act. Some don't ' characterize as broad a scope for the law of the river. This is an issue of declining importance, because there is understanding being reached. Long-range planning is not realistic, except in CA. There is long planning period, but the CA model is being recog- nized. Long-range planning is not the best way and the view is getting shorter. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING LAS VEGAS, NV Certainty is of great concern to many parties. In order for long-term planning to be effective, there must be a level of confidence that agreements will hold. On the Virgin River, one obstacle to comprehensive plan- ning is a lack certainty that agreements made will hold up over the long-term. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING PHOENIX, AZ There is concern about possible reallocation as a result of this process or others. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING ST, GEORGE, UTAH The overall basin use versus the sub-basin use, like Virgin River vs. the Colorado River use. People who want water in the Colorado versus in the sub-basins. LEW STEIGER GRAND CANYON RIVER GUIDES FLAGSTAFF, AZ Most critical - without a better mechanism for solving dis- putes, we'll never get through the hard questions facing water management in the next century: REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING ROCK SPRINGS, WY The issue of resolving apportionment is deemphasized and it should be the number one issue. These issues can not be divorced from land use and water shed issues. These need to be emphasized. JAMES B. RHODES YUMA MESA IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT YUMA,AZ Obviously, recent issues in the Colorado River Basin indi- cate the changing nature of the needs of the Basin. We believe t~at there is general agreement that the overall management mechanisms are satisfactory. We also believe that the Law of the River still works and we are not par- ticularly aware of significant conllicts within the Law and related rules and regulations.