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<br /> <br />15 <br /> <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />A few pertinent points need to be made in summsry. First of all, the <br />minimum flow recommendations made in this report (Table,3) are j\lst that.. <br />It should not be construed that these minimum flow recommendations are safe <br />levels for constant low-flows on a long-term basis, i.e., a year or more. <br />Rather, they should be interpreted as short-term flow recommendations that <br />will adequately protect ,the trout population through the various critical. <br />life stages. Second, even the optimum flows for trout are just recommenda- <br />tions. Optimum trout flows cannot be construed as being optimum flows for <br />the total aquatic stream ecosystem. Without periodic flushing'flowa, for' <br />example, riffle areas will. eventually become choked with organic and <br />inorganic debris and the ,food producing capability of the stream will be <br />jeopardized. I 'feel we can assume that the optimum flows have a high <br />probability of protecting the total aquatic stream ecosystem for a long <br />period of time (years) quite well. The optimum flows could more realisti- <br />cally be considered targets or guidelines for water resource management <br />agencies to shoot for on a planning and operations basis. <br /> <br />Finally, these minimum flow recommendations are meant to be used as , <br />~uidelinesin derivingmini~um flow recommendations for the Colorado Water <br />'onservation ~oard. However, they apply only as guidelines and only for the <br />stream segments as outlined in Table 1. Fine-tuning, in many cases upwards, <br />might be biologically justified by area and regional biologists with a more <br />intimate and thorough working knowledge of the riverine resources referred <br />to in this report that lie within their respective area(s) of responsibility. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. .~- <br />:::. <br />~ <br /> <br />:~ <br /> <br /> <br />"~ <br />;:," <br />v <br />;:..,t <br />~~ <br />> '~', <br />f...;;. <br />~~.. <br />-I}: <br />I <br /> <br />~~ :;.~ <br />lit <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />Ui'~''f <br />~ <br />~~~; <br />~r.~~ <br />i{! <br />t~~~i~~ <br />!J..,;-'~ <br />0~ <br />:j~t <br />'-'",-' <br /> <br />:.::;i;:" <br /> <br /><~~>. <br />"-J.-" <br /> <br />'~~::/ <br /> <br />/:\;~ <br />'.~;- - <br /> <br />',~ <br /> <br />..-;.... <br />co'-;",; <br /> <br />..,..,', <br /><x' ~. <br />-.'.......; <br />~.-~~~.:: <br /> <br />'-", ~~.: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />,..",-' <br /> <br />E1 []0002396 <br /> <br />- <br />