C153582 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C153582
• Contractor Name: Colorado River Water Conservation District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Larimer
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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FY 1995 Proposal
Yampa River Basin Operation and Management Plan
and Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement
July 27, 1994
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annual average of approximately 50,000 AF of new depletions) on the
Yampa River aquatic ecosystem.

Conveyance of certain conditional water rights in the Yampa River basin held
by the Colorado River Water Conservation District to the Colorado Water
Conservation Board for use in protection of instrearn flows, as appropriate,
under Colorado Law.

III. Study Goals, Objectives, End Product

A. Goals:

1. To provide technical information necessary to support the
administrative process outlined in the March 1993 MOU and the July
(scheduled) 1994 MOU.

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2.

To develop and present an Operation and Management Plan for the
Yarnpa River which facilitates existing and future consumptive water
uses while minimizing impacts on flows necessary to recover the
endangered fish and provides flow enhancement utilizing a portion of
the proposed enlargement pool in Elkhead Reservoir.

3. To begin the permitting and NEPA scoping process for the
enlargement of Elkhead Reservoir.

4. Initiation by the u.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Section 7
consultation on the Yarnpa River Operation and Management Plan
including' the enlargement of Elkhead Reservoir.

B. Objectives:

1. Support the evaluation and endorsement of the conditions contained
in the July 1994 MOU between the Colorado Water Conservation
Board and the Colorado River Water Conservation District by the
Recovery Program and the u.S. Department of Interior.

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Develop the Yarnpa River Basin Operation and Management Plan to
facilitate continuation of existing and development of limited future
consumptive water uses in the Yarnpa River Basin by minimizing

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