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Nlurcb 2006 <br />RCCD Upper Yumpu Rimer Burin Impiemen[ulion Plan • 15 <br />• Look for opportunities to incorporate environmental stewardship with land-use activities. <br />• • If a government entity is party to a stream diversion, consider potential impacts to in-stream <br />flow. <br />• Consider the economic impact of activities affecting streamflow. <br />• Encourage basin-wide water conservation efforts. <br />• Consider the desire to balance area "customs and culture" (agriculture, mining, recreation, <br />etc.), water quality, streamflow, and economic stability. <br />• Encourage that stream restoration be incorporated in land-use/construction projects. <br />• Incorporate water quality protection features (HMI's) into new development/review process. <br />• Discourage storage of potentially contaminating materials in the floodplain. <br />• Encourage local entities to provide inspection/enforcement assistance, where possible. <br />• Continue to address urban and construction water quality impacts through public education <br />and local land use programs, through the continued efforts of Routt and Moffat Counties <br />and the Yampa River Basin Partnership. <br />• • Continue to address agricultural HMI's through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, <br />BLM, local Stock Growers Association, and other appropriate groups. Funding for these <br />types of projects can be pursued through the State's Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grant <br />Program. <br />• Continue local nonpoint source water quality improvement projects. <br />• Ensure that the recommendations of the facility plan for the Steamboat Springs regional <br />facility are implemented. This includes the service area delineations for treatment systems in <br />the area. <br />• Ensure that the recommendations of the facility plan for the Craig ~vaste~vater treatment <br />facility are implemented. This includes the service area delineations for treatment systems in <br />the area. <br />Implementation items recommended by the 208 Plan were, in part, a continuation of previous point <br />and nonpoint source control measures. Additional implementation recommendations emphasized <br />continued water quality- monitoring and evaluation, as well as development of a comprehensive basin- <br />~vide database/GIS system. <br />3 high priority recommendation identified by the ~`UQCD was to "evaluate nutrient sources in the <br />Upper Yampa and further characterize algae problems in the Yampa from the headwaters through <br />Steamboat Springs, including Stagecoach Reservoir and Lake Catamount and to seek funding and <br />participation from upper basin towns, cities, districts, Routt County, Upper Yampa \~'ater <br />Conservancy District, Colorado River Cvater Conservation District, and State and Federal agencies <br />• such as the Colorado Deparunent of Public Health and Environment, Colorado Di~-ision of ~\%ildlife, <br />Colorado ~~'ater Conservation Board, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. <br />RCCD ~ ~-liJ Flue GIY/IY KOU[I, STRIP 2OIfI +.Shundniul.4prin~r, CO y0~87 * (`JiO) 879-32?~ <br />