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From the Helm
Hello Club

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and my “green patrol” has reported that a disappointingly low percentage of you have been wearing the colors. I am half Irish, so I suppose we’ll have to have a little chat about protocol. Not much greening of the highlands or the lowlands just yet, but the signs are about us. Tree buds are appearing, a noisy robin is making his presence (and availability) known, and I put my snow blower back in its shed for the moment.

Despite the recent snow events, the outlook for this year’s water supply is not good. Already Denver Water has announced that water restrictions will be imposed. The snow pack is still low. Even the Colorado Kids section of the Denver Post for March 12 had an article on the situation. In that article there was a particularly ominous map that presented the national drought forecast for 2013. It’s not pretty. Colorado is right at the center of the worst area with the total region spanning from southern California to the Missouri River and beyond. Wyoming through Texas.

With that sobering segue, I now come around to our boating season. We may very well have similar low-water issues to those of 2012, so please be prepared for changes and challenges and to be flexible. The two “sure” lakes on our agenda are Grand Lake and Alcova. Past that, we shall have to wait and see. Please be alert to future notices of event changes if they should be required.

Past our own boating interests, the possible continuing drought may be very serious and the effects will be far reaching. I leave it to each of you to be concerned for and respectful of our natural resources, which include water.

Sincerely,

Robert Phillips

President

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