[Awclist] Fwd: Chama Flows? MRG Annual Operating Plan Public Meetings

[Thomas Robey]

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> Date: April 15, 2008 11:42:51 AM MDT
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> Subject: Chama Flows? MRG Annual Operating Plan Public Meetings
>
>> Let's make sure that recreation releases are in the plans!
>> From: Mary Perea [ mailto:MPerea at uc.usbr.gov]
>> Sent: Mon 4/14/2008 8:42 AM
>> To: riograndeesa at fws.gov
>> Subject: MRG Annual Operating Plan Public Meetings
>>
>> RECLAMATION
>> Albuquerque Area Office
>> Albuquerque, New Mexico
>> Media Contact:  Mary Perea Carlson 505-462-3576 mperea at uc.usbr.gov
>> April 14, 2008
>>
>> Media Advisory
>> Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers to Release 2008 Annual  
>> Operating Plan
>>
>> Who:    Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
>> What:   Release of Annual Operating Plan for the Rio Grande
>> When:   April 16, 2008 at 6 p.m. in Albuquerque.
>>                 April 21, 2008 at 6 p.m. in Chama.
>> Where:  Albuquerque: Bureau of Reclamation Albuquerque Office, 555  
>> Broadway Boulevard NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rio Grande
>>                 Room.
>>         Chama: Heron Lake Visitor’s Center, state road 95.
>> Why:    To learn more about the process used for determining this  
>> year’s operating plan, water forecast, water storage, potential for  
>> water storage
>>                 and release.
>> How:    Contact Mary Perea Carlson at (505) 462-3576 or  
>> (505)270-9565 with any questions.
>> Background:
>> The Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would  
>> like to invite the public to their annual meeting to explain plans  
>> for water operations along the Middle Rio Grande in 2008. There is  
>> a significant snowpack in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico  
>> and a good runoff is expected. The presentation will cover the  
>> process for determining the plan for water operations. It will  
>> include a review of the 2007 water predictions, reality, storage  
>> and release. The presenters will then explain the 2008 water  
>> forecast, potential for storage and release and impacts to water- 
>> related recreation.
>>
>> # # #
>> Reclamation is the largest wholesale water supplier and the second  
>> largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, with  
>> operations and facilities in the 17 Western States. Its facilities  
>> also provide substantial flood control, recreation, and fish and  
>> wildlife benefits. Visit our website at www.usbr.gov.

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