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2 W ater Availability. BLM is not aware of any decreed surface diversions in this reach. This stream has never been gaged. BLM recommends using the Poncha Creek gage near Poncha for water availability calculations, with adjustments made to reflect the different sizes of the watersheds. Relationship to Management Plans. Green Creek is one of the few streams managed by BLM on the eastern side of the Collegiate Range that is capable of supporting a salmonid fishery. BLM intends to manage its part of the reach as a critical habitat connections between other fisheries located in this watershed. The creek has public access throughout most of its course, so it has the potential to become a more heavily used recreational fishery as fishing pressures increase in the upper Arkansas River basin. The BLM requests that the Board recognize that this recommendation is based only upon the minimum flows necessary to support cold-water fishery values. BLM may wish to work with the Board and/or through the Colorado water rights system to appropriate flows to optimally protect fish values and to protect other water- dependent values specified in BLM resource management plans. Data sheets, R2Cross output, fishery survey infonnation, and photographs of the cross section are enclosed to support this recommendation. We thank both the Division of Wildlife and the Water Conservation Board for their cooperation in this effort. If you have any questions regarding our instream flow recommendation, please contact Roy Smith, Water Rights Specialist at 303-239-3940. Sincerely, ,.[ . (J ;: ..'V ~ J~ C~~A_R) Linda Anania Deputy State Director Resources and Fire 4 Enclosures I-Data Sheets 2-R2Cross Output 3-Fishery Survey Infonnation 4- Photographs cc: David Gilbert, Royal Gorge FO Roy Masinton, Royal Gorge FO John Smeins, Royal Gorge FO