WSP07982 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

WESTERN STATES WATER . Of'1 "'. -j'" ~-i lJ '.. d '.J ' ~ ~ ~ March 26,'1993" Issu /No. 9a+- " < IJi'CEI\/Erl (1- 1\[ I U . ':'-' i 1:':93 r;\!11f;E TIIE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF THE WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL Creekview Plaza, Suite A-201/942 East 7145 So. 1 Midvale; Utah 64047 1 (801) 561-5300 1 FAX (801) 255-%42 editor - Tony Willardson typist - carrie curvin ADMINISTRATlON UPDATElWATER RESOURCES Western Water Po/icy . The Western Water Policy Review Act of 1992 created the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, which is to per10rm a comprehensive study of federal activities in nineteen western states that directly or indirectly affect water allocation and use. Twelve Congressmen will serve as ex-officio commission members, while the President will appoint ten members, including the Secretaries of the Army and Interior. Just before leaving office, President Bush named six members ryvSW #976). . The remaining positions will be filled from lists of nominees submitted by the governments of western Indian tribes and the Western Governors' Association (WGA). . In a March 4 letter to Interior Secretary Babbitt, Arizona Governor and WGA Chair, Fife Symington, wrote that the 'work of the commission is something of keen interest to the western governors. We will be pleased to provide assistance and input to the commission, and I am sure you can count on the western governors making time available to the staff of the commission. For our part we are pleased to have a former member of WGA in charge. I know that you are fully familiar with the issues we face in Arizona and the other western states....' Governor Symington continued, 'At a recent meeting in Washington, you asked [WGA]...to submit nominees for the... Commission. We are pleased to nominate the following individuals: Keith Higginson [Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources and former Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner]; William Janklo [attorney and former South Dakota Governor]; Michael Brophy [a Phoenix attorney and WSWC member]; and Janet Newman [Professor, Lewis and Clark Law School]. ' chairman - Dave Kennedy executive director - Craig Bell WATER QUAUTY Watershed Management About 1,000 people gathered in Alexandria, Virginia for 'WATERSHED '93 - ANational Conference on Watershed Management' convened by the Terrene Institute and sponsored by many federal agencies and local entities in cooperation with various national organizations. On the final day of the meeting, the proceedings were satellite broadcast to locations throughout the country where smaller groups participated in the roundtable discussion by telephone. Conference themes included: Watersheds; Integrating Human Needs with Ecosystem Management; Addressing . Muniple Interests in Watershed Management; and Diversity of Approach in Protecting Watersheds. 'Plenary and concurrent sessions, a resource fair, and field trips were held. About 175 papers were presented. One important panel at WATERSHED '93 was comprised of Martha Prothro, EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Water; Jimmy Powell, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee staff; Billy Frank, Chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission; Parris Glendening, a Maryland County Executive; and Steve Tedder, Chief of the North Carolina Water Quality Section. Panelists provided perspectives on the current status of watershed management, the optimum roles of different levels of government, and views concerning future protection strategies. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy told participants, by way of a video tape, that the watershed approach should be emphasized because it "makes good sense - good managerial sense...good environmental sense...and good sense for rural America.' EPA Administrator Carol Browner attended and said that the new administration plans to work