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<br />. \'\ ~I.' <br />I. <br />\ ' <br /> <br />Water Availahility. BLM IS not aware of any decrecd water TIghts Within thi~ rcach. However. <br />there arc three dccreeJ ditch~s located upstream on a trihut,lry to Beaver Creek called Skeltcher <br />Creek. These ditches includc COITal Ditch #1 and Allcn Dltl"he~ I and 2. In addltwn. there arc <br />numerous small rcservoirs and spnng Jc"clLlpments located In the watersheds that feed Beavcr Creek. <br />BL~ IS not aware of any hlsllmc gaglllg infonnaflon for lhlS neek. As an allernalive. BLM <br />recommends lh<lt the CWC13 compare the size llf this watershcd \\'llh the walershed that feeds CSGS <br />Gage 09235450, Vcrnllll10n Creek <ltlnk Spnngs Ranch. When using the VermJllll)n Creck gage, <br />adJu~lments must he madc for diverSions located upstream. Another indic:.ttion of water avallablhty <br />would be diverSIOn rec()rd~ for ditches located downslre~lm In Brown's Park National WilJlifc <br />Rcfu!.!c. <br />" <br /> <br />Relationship to "lanagement Plans. ThiS stream reach fknvs through BLM's We~t Cold Spnng <br />Wddemcss SluJy Area and accnrdlllgly. BLM I~ interested In malnlaining the prisllllc character of the <br />creek. De~pile [he roadlcss char;.lcler of the reach. lherc IS .'.illll potenlwJ for the reach to he <br />Jcwatcred. because the reach is ](lcatcd lTIIJstr<:am and private lands arc located upstream. This <br />fI$hel'Y has heen m~.l1ntaJneJ because of the remote locatIOn of the creek and vcry low fIshing pressure. <br />!!1 ~dd:!!~.~!"!. !he ~reek !5 u rcrrc"\!!0!"!:.ll !"~':S'.:'t!!"C~ fo!' ir.dividl.!o.!!-s \\-hl) t!'~1vt'rse the w!!(ll:'rnf''''' "ftlrly ;tn:a <br />VIa thc trail that parallels the creek. <br /> <br />The 13LM requests that the Ellard recognIze that thIS rc(ommendatlon ]s based only UPOll the <br />minimum Ill)"'s nece~sary to SUPP0l1 (old-water fishery values. 13LM may Wish to work wnh the <br />Board anJlor through the Colorado watcr nghts system to appropnate 110ws W optlln~lll)' protect fish <br />v;.Ilucs am.! to proleC! other \\-aICr-dcpcnden[ Vi..tlucs Spcclfled In BLM resourcc man~lgemcnl pkll1s. <br /> <br />Data $hl..'cts. R2Cross output. flshcry ~ur\'ey informatIOn, and photographs of the cross sectIOn arc <br />encloscd tll support this recommendatIOn. We thank both thc Dlvl'.iion l)f Wildlife and lht' Water <br />Con::.ervatwn Board for theIr cooperallon III IhlS effl)rt. <br /> <br />If YOLl have any queslll}n~ rcgarJing our 1I1stream now recommendatIon. please contact Roy Smith at <br />303- 239-39.tO. <br /> <br /> <br />Is! Unda M. AnaIUa <br /> <br />Deputy State Dlreclor <br />Resources and Fire <br /> <br />.t Encklsures <br /> <br />cc: John Husband. Little SnaKe Ficld OffIce <br />Ole Olsen. Little Snake Pleld Office <br />Dav]d Blackl,tun. L]ttle Snake Pleld Offlcc <br />