WSPP285

• File Number: 8240.200.39.M
• Description: Colorado River Threatened-Endangered - RIPRAP - CFOPS - Newspaper Articles-Press Releases
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 9/7/1999
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Press Release - CWCB - State Seeks Input on Water Management Options for Colorado River Endangered Fish - 09-07-99
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLORA.DO

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Bill Owens
Governor

News Release

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director, DN R

Peter H. Evans
Director, eweB

September 7, 1999
For Immediate Release

News contact:

Randy Seaholm or Sue Uppendahl
[phone]

STATE SEEKS INPUT ON WATER MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR COLORADO

RIVER ENDANGERED FISH

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) will conduct two meetings in September to
gather public comments on voluntary options for increasing Colorado River flows between Palisade and
Grand Junction during the spring to benefit endangered fish species,
Meetings are scheduled for:
· Tuesday, Sept. 14, 7 p,m" at the Hotel Colorado, 526 Pine St. in Glenwood Springs; and
· Tuesday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m" at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Third Floor Conference
Room, 134 Union Blvd. in Lakewood.
The public meetings are part of the first phase of the two-phase Coordinated Facilities
Operations Water Availability Study,
All programs, services and activities of the Department of Natural Resources and the
CWCB are operated in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need a
special accommodation as a result of a disability, please call Susan Maul at [phone]" To
assure that we can meet your needs, please notify us of your request at least 7 days in advance,
Additional information about the study and the meetings is posted on the CWCB's web site at
..www.dnr"state.co.us/cwcb.html.. and can be viewed by clicking on the "Coordinated Facilities Study"
link, To obtain a hard copy of the information, call Joe Busto at [phone]. Discussion at the
meetings will focus on various alternatives for supplying up to an additional 20,000 acre-feet of water to
existing spring peak flows in a segment of the river that has been designated as critical habitat between
Palisade and Grand Junction, commonly known as the 15-Mile Reach" The alternatives include
coordinating the operations of existing reservoirs, irrigation ditches and canals, power plants and other
facilities, so that water is delivered to the critical habitat when it the fish need it"