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• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2008
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

ramps, where they will be greeted by rangers twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to implement a
new date/time stamp program. Park staff will also provide information about zebra mussels, conduct
inspections and decontaminate boats as necessary.
Shoreline unloading and loading of personal watercraft, hand carried vessels, and belly boats will
be permitted. New signage at the shoreline accesses and roving park rangers will help educate
boaters and fishermen on how to prevent the spread of zebra mussels.
Following are the new containment procedures:
• Before unloading at the ramps, boaters will receive a dateltime stamp card from a ranger
who will document the unloading date and time on the card.
• Upon return to the boat ramp, boaters will be required to then present their dateltime stamp
card to a ranger before leaving.
• Any boater whose boat has been on the water less than 24 hours will be required to pull all
drain plugs and/or drain as much water as possible from the motor, ballast, live well, bilge,
transom wells, etc.
• After draining, boaters will be advised to clean and completely dry their boat before
launching into other waters and then permitted to leave the boat ramp.
• Any boater who has lost the date/time stamp card or has been on the water for 24 hours or
longer will be required to have their boat inspected.
• If no zebra mussels are found attached to the boat, boaters will be advised to drain, clean and
completely dry their boat before launching into other waters and then permitted to leave the
boat ramp. The inspection process should last no longer than five minutes.
• If zebra mussels are found attached to the boat, boaters will be directed to a designated wash
area where park staff will decontaminate the boat using ahigh-pressure hot water sprayer
before leaving the park. The decontamination time will vary depending on the extent of
infestation on the boat.
It is unlawful to import, possess or release zebra mussels or other aquatic invasive species (AIS).
Per Colorado State Park regulations, all vessels and other floating devices of any kind including
their contents, motors, trailers and other associated equipment are subject to inspection for AIS
prior to launch onto, operation on or departure from state park waters or boat ramps. Boaters
may be denied access and their boats placed under quarantine if inspection and/or
decontamination are refused.
Due to the January 2008 discovery of zebra mussels at Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado State
Parks has emphasized the need to increase efforts to protect Colorado's natural resources and
facilities from AIS such as the zebra mussel. Since the discovery, officials have been working
on containment measures to reduce the risk of spreading this aquatic invader to other waters.
(Source: Colorado State Parks)
SHOSHONE HYDROELECTRIC PLANT NEAR GLEN~VOOD BACK ONLINE - A
hydroelectric plant east of Glenwood Springs is up and running again after $12 million in repairs to a
ruptured pipe.
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