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Segment: headwa~s to Highway 145 Upper Terminus: headwaters at • (Latitude: 37° 58' S8") (Longitude: 107° 50' 39") Lower Terminus: Highway 145 at (Latitude 37° 56' S6") (Longitude 107° 50' S6") Counties: San Miguel Length: 2.5 Miles USGS Quad(s): Telluride Flow Recommendation: 1.00 cfs (March 15`n -May 14`n) 5.25 cfs (May 15`n -July 14`n) 1.00 cfs (July 15`n -December 14`n) 0.85 cfs (December 15`n -March 14`n) Segment: Highway 145 to confluence San Miguel River Upper Terminus: Highway 145 at (Latitude 37° 56' S6") (Longitude 107° 50' S6") Lower Terminus: confluence San Miguel River at (Latitude 37° 56' 43") (Longitude 107° 51' 07") Counties: San Miguel Length: 0.3 Miles USGS Quad(s): Telluride Flow Recommendation: No ISF Recommendation/Water Availability Concerns Summary The information contained in this report and the associated instream flow file folder forms the basis for staffs instream flow recommendation to be considered by the Boazd. It is staffs opinion [hat the information contained in this report is sufficient to support the findings required in Rule 5.40. Colorado's Instream Flow Program was created in 1973 when the Colorado State Legislature recognized "the need to correlate the activities of mankind with some reasonable preservation of the natural environment" (see 37-92-102 (3) C.R.S.). The statute vests the CWCB with the exclusive authority to appropriate and acquire instream flow and natural lake level water rights. In order to encourage other entities to participate in Colorado's Instream Flow Program, the statute directs the CWCB to request instream flow recommendations from other state and federal agencies. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) recommended this segment of Eider Creek to the CWCB for inclusion into the Instream Flow Program. Eider Creek is being considered for inclusion into the Instream Flow Program because it has a natural environment that can be preserved to a reasonable degree with an instream flow water right. The CDOW is very interested in protecting stream flows because Eider Creek supports a self sustaining brook trout fishery, a healthy aquatic macroinvertebrate population indicative of high quality water and a healthy riparian community. Eider Creek is a tributary of the San Miguel River. This stream is approximately 2.8 miles long. • Eider Creek originates northwest of Telluride at approximately 11,770 feet and terminates at the confluence with the San Miguel River at approximately 8,600 feet. The creek is located in San Miguel County. The total drainage area of the creek is approximately 2.5 square miles. Eider Creek generally flows in a northerly direction. There are no significant tributaries to the creek -2-