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<br />1677 <br /> <br />"to transact any lawful activity, and specifically a~tivities relating to the protection of the <br />Fort Lyon Canal Company in the viable and continued operation of the Fort Lyon Canal <br />Company as an irrigation company or relating i to the development of guidelines, and <br />provisions for any future water sales." (Articles of Incorporation of Fort Lyon Ownership <br />of Water, Inc. Article III, March 24, 1992). <br /> <br />FLOWs activities slowed when the CWS offer was withdrawn, but the group pursued possible <br />engineering studies in the summer of 1992. Those efforts were discontinued pending the outcome <br />of the Boyle Engineering study on the Great Plains System and this study for the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board. <br /> <br />Issue Identification <br /> <br />There are multiple perspectives from which to describe ,issues and impacts related to large scale <br />rural-to-urban and agricultural-to-non-agricultural water transfers. For a transfer of Ft. Lyon Canal <br />Company water, issues are presented relative to the defined study area and the constituencies most <br />affected. The following issues arise from the impacts of a water transfer: questions of how can <br />impacts be avoided, mitigated, or offset; who should bear the burdens of the impacts; and who <br />should decide what actions to take, are key underlying considerations in identifying issues.' <br /> <br />Issues most relevant to the study area were developed by contact with local citizens, experience <br />of the project team and literature review. Issues are grouped in summary form and then detailed <br />below: <br /> <br />A. Ft. Lyon Canal Company issues: relevant to farmers and ranchers served by the <br />ditch company; <br /> <br />1. Water supply and the individual farm business <br />2. Ft. Lyon Canal Company operations and finances <br />3. Environmental; and ecosystems. <br /> <br />B. Regional issues: relevant to citizens of the larger study area, including water users <br />not directly associated with the cOmpany; <br /> <br />1. Water supply; quality, quantity and distribution <br />2. Economic, financial and social; tommerce, opportunity and quality of life <br />3. Environmental; riparian wetlan4s and plains ecosystems <br /> <br />C. Statewide issues: of concern to all C~loradans, the State government, and the <br />Colorado General Assembly. ' <br /> <br />3 Issues relative to urban and industrial interests are outside the scope of this study and not <br />included. Effects of transfers are discussed in Chapter 6. However, potential urban water demand <br />is discussed in Chapter 5 as an influencing factor for water transfers in the study area. <br /> <br />2-5 <br />