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WSRA Grant and Loan Information
Basin Roundtable
South Platte
Applicant
Ducks Unlimited
Description
Weld County School District RE1 Wetland Partnership
Account Source
Basin
Board Meeting Date
7/23/2008
Contract/PO #
09000000063
WSRA - Doc Type
Grant Application
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Water Supply Reserve Account -Grant Application Form <br />Form Revised May 2007 <br />(SPR). To deliver wetland conservation projects in the state, DU maintains a staff including afull-time <br />program manager, a regional biologist, a certified engineer, a construction manager and a regional director <br />of grassroots membership. We also maintain a registered membership of over 10,000 members in the state <br />of Colorado. <br />The SPR is DU's priority watershed in Colorado. Diverse habitats and geographic isolation from other large <br />western rivers attracts millions of waterfowl and migratory birds each year. The Rocky Mountain Bird <br />Observatory (RMBO) estimates that 74% of all bird species in Colorado are found on the SPR sometime <br />during each year. However, the SPR is losing its diverse habitat and natural features due to impacts on <br />water resources caused by human diversions. Changes in the natural flood regimen such as overbank <br />flooding, scouring, and flushing flows have reduced the number of seasonal wetlands, warm-water sloughs, <br />and sandbars. These habitats have been further reduced by agricultural practices and municipal and <br />industrial enterprises. <br />River augmentation via wetland recharge has become a viable technology for restoring and creating <br />seasonal wetland habitats. Water applied directly to the recharge basin provides migration and wintering <br />habitat, but return flows through the alluvial aquifer augment flows to warm-water sloughs, raise <br />groundwater tables to supply seasonal wetlands and supplement flows in the river channel, the latter of <br />which is the main goal of river augmentation projects. Recent studies conducted by the RM60 and <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) demonstrate that recharge wetlands are important to migratory and <br />wintering birds on the SPR, as more than 20 species of migratory birds and 27 species of waterfowl use <br />these habitats. <br />Most recharge projects are conceived to provide substitute water supplies for agricultural, municipal and <br />industrial enterprises. Recharge projects retime peak flows in the river so that additional water returns to <br />the river when natural flows are insufficient to satisfy water rights. DU has fostered an innovative <br />partnership between these traditional consumptive water users and the wildlife community to realize the <br />waterfowl conservation benefits of these recharge projects. We have worked with the Lower South Platte <br />Water Conservancy District, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, South Platte Lower River Group, <br />and the South Platte Water Related Activities Program as well as wildlife conservation groups like the United <br />States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Open Lands and the South Platte <br />Wetlands Focus Area Committee. Currently, with the support of the South Platte Roundtable and the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, we are delivering multi-million dollar projects in Logan, Morgan and <br />Sedgwick Counties realizing the dual benefits of wetland recharge projects. <br />This application represents DU's first step in expanding this partnership "up-river" into the reaches of the <br />watershed managed by the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (CCWCD). The Weld County <br />School District RE1(WCSD) tract was chosen as the pilot project in this effort because the project scale, <br />project partners and water engineering are all conducive to laying the groundwork for a much larger effort <br />to be launched in Spring and Summer of 2008. <br />The intent of this project is todevelop asmall-scale wetland recharge project on property owned by WCSD <br />immediately north of the town of Gilcrest. Credits generated from the operation of this recharge project will <br />be used to permit irrigation of school lands that have been impacted by recent water shortages on the SPR. <br />The project will be administered by three main entities: the WCSD who will provide both water and land for <br />the project, the CCWCD who will provide additional water, water engineering expertise, and the legal <br />3 <br />
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