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<br />l' I~ I..I..IJ III I) I~ <br />INS '1' I '1' IJ '1' I~ <br /> <br />THE TELLURIDE INSTITUTE, INC. <br />A COLORADO NON - PROFIT CORPORATION <br /> <br />THE STRONGHOUSE <br />P.O. Box 1770, 283 SOUTH FIR STREET <br />TELLURIDE, CO 81435, USA <br />VOICE: (303) 728 4402 <br />FAX: (303) 728 4919 <br />ADMINISTRATOR: LESUE Ross CRANE <br /> <br />BoARD OF TRuaTEEa: <br />PATRlClA AauRDIENII': <br />joHN cwn: <br />joHN LwToN <br />AMORY LoYlNS <br />L. HuNTER I.oVlNS <br />.JoHN NAlsarn <br />.joNATHAN F.P.Roea <br />PETER YARROW <br />PAMELA ZouNE <br /> <br />FINAL IUlPOIlT <br />TOE CITlZIlN'S WATEIl GUIDE TO TOil UPPEIl SAN MUmEl. IlIVEIl BASIN <br /> <br />INTIlODt]CTlON <br />Those of us living in the Upper San Miguel Basin realized we were witnessing a major <br />pivotal moment in the management of water, arguably our most precious resource. <br /> <br />In the midst of these changes, the Telluride Institute and members of the regional <br />community felt the need for better information about the basin viewed as a system. With <br />both the scale and type of water uses changing so quickly, we started asking questions to <br />assist ourselves in developing a picture of the dynamics of this rarest of high country <br />resources. How much water is there? Where is it? How has it been used and affected by <br />human activities? How will it be used in the future? And based on this better informed <br />understanding, how can the regional community act so as to maximize the health of the <br />system? <br /> <br />The CITIZEN'S WA1'EIl GUIDE TO TOE UPPEIl SAN MIGUEl. IlIVEIl BASIN was <br />the first attempt at assembling the !llg picture. a picture which given budget and time <br />constraints, is in some places approximate and incomplete. However, we believe this <br />information is the most comprehensive set of facts and discussion that has ever been <br />organized around the subject. <br /> <br />As a newspaper insert in the Telluride Times-Journal. approximately 9000 of the 20- <br />page Citizen's Guides were distributed locally, regionally and nationally on July 16, 1992. <br /> <br />A conference and water conservation exhibit scheduled to coincide with the publication <br />became the obvious topic for the 1992 Ideas Festival, an annual Telluride Institute event <br />which typically addresses issues of immediate community concern. <br /> <br />The 1992 IDEAS FESTIVAL "WATEIl: 'fOE CITIZENS GUIDE 1'0 TOE m)PEIl SAN <br />IIIGUEL IlIVEIl BASIN" held July 25 in the Sheridan Opera House was, in the words of <br />Telluride Mayor Peter Spencer "the best Ideas Festival yet!" <br /> <br />Response to this year's festival was overwhelmingly positive. Commending the Telluride <br />Institute "for once again focusing on an issue that will to a large degree determine the <br />future of this region" Seth Cagin describes the 1992 Ideas Festival in his Telluride Times- <br />Journal festival review. <br />