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<br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />FY 94 ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT <br /> <br />RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />PROJECT NUMBER: 10 <br /> <br />I. Project Title: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Water Acquisition Staff Assistant - FW1ding for <br />Additional Personnel to Work with the Colorado Water Conservation Board in Acquiring <br />lnstream Flows for the Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />II. Principal Investigator: <br /> <br />Eugene I. Jencsok <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />13I3 Shennan St, Room 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Phone: <br />FAX: <br /> <br />(303) 866-3441 <br />(303) 866-4474 <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />Ross Bethel <br />Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers <br />240 I 15th Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 <br /> <br />ID. Project Summary: Following revision of the RIPRAP, the Water Acquisition Committee <br />recognized the considerable amount of work that needed to be done in acquiring and <br />appropriating instream flows for the endangered fish species in the State of Colorado. <br />Due to the availability of Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) staff, and the <br />number and scheduling of tasks identified in the RIPRAP, additional personnel to work <br />on water acquisition was necessary in order to maintain sufficient progress within the <br />Recovery Program. <br /> <br />As a result, Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, Inc. was retained to conduct a <br />physic::at water availability study for the Colorado River mainstem and its subbasins <br />(YampalLittle Snake Rivers; White River; Gunnison River and Dolores River), The study <br />was fimded by the U.S, Fish & Wildlife FOW1dation, and administered by the CWCB <br />staff. The purpose of the study was to provide the hydrologic fOW1dation to support <br />instream flow appropriations by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and its staff in <br />cooperation with meeting scheduled water acquisition-related tasks identified in the <br />RIPRAP document <br /> <br />IV. Study Schedule <br /> <br />The study began in May, 1994 and will be completed by December 31, 1994, <br /> <br />1 <br />