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<br />Nothing in this article shall ... deprive the people <br />of the state of Colorado of the beneficial use of <br />those waters available by law and interstate <br />compact." <br /> <br />rn <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Regarding the priority of ISF water rights <br /> <br />Court: "The legislative intent is quite clear that <br />these appropriations are to protect and preserve <br />the natural habitat and that the decrees <br />confirming them award priorities which are <br />superior to the rights of those who may later <br />appropriate. Otherwise, upstream appropriations <br />could later be made, the streams dried up, and the <br />whole purpose of the legislation destroyed." <br />