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<br />Colorado
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<br />Water Availability Task Force
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<br />TO: Members of the Colorado Water Availability Task Force
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<br />FROM: Brad Lundahl, Water Availability Task Force Chair
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<br />DATE: May 17,2004
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<br />SUBJECT: Minutes of the Monday, May 17,2004, Task Force Meeting
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<br />The meeting was held on Monday, May 17, 2004, at the Thornton Recreation Center in
<br />Thornton, Colorado. Those in recorded attendance included: Brad Lundahl, Mike Gillespie,
<br />Keith Vander Horst, Robert Webb, Brad Udall, Don Summers, Joey Bunch, Brett N. Rodewald,
<br />Reagan Waskom, Mary R. Halstead, Robin Knox, Russ Bigley, Klaus Wolter, Roger Pielke, Sr.
<br />Casey Wian, Bill Hansen, Bob Glancy, Megan Castle, Stefanie Dalgar, Dave Merritt, Jeff Tranel,
<br />Randal Ristau, Sam Davidson, Scott Archer, Jeff Brislawn, Michelle Garrison, Gary Bates,
<br />John Gordon, Bob Steger, and Kathie Hepp-Lucki.
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<br />Brad Lundahl. Colorado Water Conservation Board, W A TF Chair
<br />Mr. Lundahl welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained to the new people that this was
<br />the Water Availability Task Force meeting, commonly known at the State drought meeting. He
<br />mentioned they were the eyes and ears of the state concerning drought. Mr. Lundahl said that we
<br />have been meeting monthly, because the conditions still warrant the Task Force to meet. He
<br />later complemented the work of the Task Force members and told them it was greatly
<br />appreciated. Mr. Lundahl also reminded everyone at the meeting that Greenco had developed
<br />very good water management practices, and they could be seen on the CWCB webpage as
<br />"GreenCo Better Management Practices."
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<br />Governor's Policv Office
<br />There was not a representative available from the Governor's office at this meeting.
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<br />Jack Bvers, Deputv Director, Division of Water Resources
<br />Mr. Byers was not available for this meeting.
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<br />Mike Gillespie, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
<br />Mr. Gillespie said our snowpack took a dive in April to 65% of average statewide which is 69%
<br />of last year, and May improved slightly to 68% of average with our stonns in the mountains.
<br />The San Juan Mountains and the Sangre de Cristo's received most benefit of the recent storms.
<br />Snow deteriorated and dropped in Yampa. We had a slight increase in the Rio Grande
<br />snowpack, and over-all statewide we had just a slight increase. Statewide this is our sixth
<br />consecutive year of below average snowpack, but we are not as bad as 2002. We are still
<br />tracking below average and melting out earlier than average across the state. It is predicted that
<br />by early June we will have an early melt out statewide.
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