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Amy Ostdiek - "Current Issues on the Colorado River”

Presented April 16, 2025. Questions and Answers start at 43:26. [http://www.coloradofoothillswac.org] ------------------- Amy Ostdiek is the Chief of the Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section at the Colorado Water Conservation Board, a state agency whose mission is to develop, protect, and manage Colorado's water for present and future generations. The section Amy oversees works to protect Colorado's interests in interstate water compacts and supports coordination with the federal government, other states, and Tribal Nations in various contexts. Much of Amy's work focuses on Colorado River matters, including supporting the State in interstate negotiations. Before joining CWCB, Amy was an Assistant Attorney General with the Colorado River Subunit at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Amy is originally from rural Western Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Colorado Law School. Water is an important issue to all of us, and the Colorado River is at the core of our concerns. Amy Ostdiek discusses in depth the 1922 Colorado River Compact among the nine states plus Mexico; operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead under the 2007 Interim Guidelines; implementation of the 2019 Drought Contingency Plan; the ongoing negotiations for the post 2026 operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead; the relationships among the Colorado River Basin states and Mexico, as well as engagement with the Tribal Nations in the Colorado River Basin.