BOARD00154 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/13/2007
• Description: ISF Section - Notice of 2008 Instream Flow Recommendations and Summary of ISF Workshop
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor

Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

From: JeffBaessler
Todd Doherty

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Date March 1, 2007

Re: Agenda Item 17, March 12-13, 2007-Board Meeting
Stream and Lake Protection - Notice of2008 Instream Flow Recommendations and
Summary ofISF Workshop

General Background

On February 21,2007, Staff held its annual Instream Flow Workshop at the Colorado Division of
Wildlife Hunters' Education Building in Denver. The meeting was well attended by staff, 6 CWCB
Board Members and representatives from the CDOW, BLM, Trout Unlimited, Western Resources
Advocates, Colorado Environmental Coalition, Clear Creek County Water Bank, Eagle River
Watershed Council and Jackson County.

The main objective of this meeting was to allow recommending entities an opportunity to present
and discuss the specific streams and lakes that they would like to bring to the Board in January 2008
for inclusion in the Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level (ISF) Program. In addition, the
recommenders indicated which water divisions they would like to focus on during the 2007 field
season. The earliest that these streams could be recommended to the Board would be January 2009.
The workshop allowed the recommending entities an opportunity to present their recommendations
and provide an explanation of why in stream flow protection is important for these particular
streams. During the workshop, the Board and the public had the opportunity to raise questions and
or concerns regarding the recommendations.

As stated in the Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program Rules, all persons or entities
interested in recommending stream reaches or natural lakes for inclusion in the ISF Program may
make recommendations at any time. Below is the list of the streams that were discussed at the
workshop which are being noticed for possible inclusion into the program in January 2008. The

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning