WSP09405

• File Number: 8149.100
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - NRCS-Ft Lyon Canal Co Limestone Graveyard Creeks
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/2/1993
• Author: Gronning Engineering
• Title: Ft Lyon Canal Company Water Transfer Alternatives Study Appendix of Phase 1 Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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10. WATER RIGHT - Catlin Canal (Otero County)

CASE NUMBER -

TOTAL ACRES - 19,000 ac. under the canal

TOTAL MOVED - 2097 shares of 18,660 - (11%)

% MOVED - 0% - All shares have been leased back to other shareholders

ACREAGE DRIED UP TO DATE - none

FROM - Individual Catlin shareholders

TO - Division of wildlife

DATE - 1971 purchase; 1988 Decree denying transfer ofthe rights.

PRICE - $500 per share, no land purchased, $50 share commission paid to broker. Prior
sales had been at $265 per share. Possible cost, up to $15,000,000 to the State of Colorado, with
no ability to use the water for the intended purpose.

DECREED TERMS AND CONDITIONS - none; transfer denied.

AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS - Limited impacts because the water was never transferred from
the canal system. However, some lands that were irrigated with this water have been dried up or
has a severely curtailed irrigation water supply and the water is being used in other lands.

ECONOMIC IMPACTS - cost to canal company to protect water rights

SOCIAL IMPACTS - Bitter division among stockholders that were sellers or non-sellers and
against the Colorado Division of Wildlife for the resulting expense caused the Catlin Canal Company
stockholders.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS - None apparent.

COMMENTS - Water has been leased to other Catlin shareholders for $1820 net per year
on a 5 year lease. Division of Wildlife pays the assessments, which were $12 share in 1992 and
$14 share in 1991. Information from Frank Milenski, President, Catlin Canal Company 11\24\92;
research by Kevin Pratt, impacts by Bill Milenski.

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