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<br />4 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />Water Availability. BLM is not aware of any decreed surface diversions in this reach. This <br />stream has never been gauged. BLM recommends using the Chalk Creek gage near St. Elmo for <br />water availability calculations, with adjustments made to reflect the different sizes of the <br />watersheds. <br /> <br />Relationship to Management Plans. BLM is interested in protecting flows on Fourmile Creek <br />because it is one of the few streams managed by BLM on the eastern side of the upper Arkansas <br />River Valley that is capable of supporting a salmonid fishery. Because the creek has public <br />access at several points, it has the potential to become a more heavily used recreational fishery as <br />stream conditio'ns improve and fish populations expand. <br /> <br />The BLM requests that the Board recognize that this recommendation is based only upon the <br />minimum flows necessary to support cold-water fishery values. BLM may wish to work with the <br />Board and/or through the Colorado water rights system to appropriate flows to optimally protect <br />fish values and to protect other water-dependent values specified in BLM resource management <br />plans. <br /> <br />Data sheets, R2Cross output, fishery survey information, and photographs of the cross section are <br />enclosed to support this recommendation. We thank both the Division of Wildlife and the Water <br />Conservation Board for their cooperation in this effort. <br /> <br />If you have any questions regarding our instream flow recommendation, please contact Roy <br />Smith at 303-239-3940. <br /> <br />f;t"Z /J1 Wfd;:LiL <br /> <br />Linda M. Anania <br />Deputy State Director, Resources and Fire <br /> <br />4 - Enclosures <br />1 - Data Sheets <br />2 - R2Cross Output <br />3 - Fishery Survey Information <br />4 - Photographs <br /> <br />cc: David Gilbert, Royal Gorge FO <br />Roy Masinton, Royal Gorge FO <br />John Smeins, Royal Gorge FO <br />