Rio Grande - Manassa Conejos River & N Branch Stablization_Application

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Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form Form Revised May 2007 which. combined, will solve the problem. For Applications that include a request for funds from the Statewide Account, describe how the water activity meets the Evaluation Criteria. See Part 3 of Criteria and Guidelines. EVALUATION CRITERIA - Part 3 Promoting Collaboration and Cooperation a. The water activity- addresses multiple needs or issues, including consumptive and/or non-consumptive needs, or the needs and issues of multiple interests or multiple basis: Multiple consumptive and non-consumptive needs have been identified by MLI and by the land owners, water users and stakeholders on the Conejos. This Project: • Helps meet agricultural irrigation water needs by reducing sediment loading, overcoming major difficulties in diverting irrigation water for fort- two ditch companies, and avoiding damage to diversion and irrigation structures. • Irnproves fisher-- conditions by reducing sediment loading, thus improving water quality in riparian areas. • Helps to offset many human impacts on the Conejos, particularly those relating to fiitile efforts by land owners to fix the problem, efforts which often exacerbate strearnbanic instability and further contribute to the deteriorated condition of riparian areas. • Promotes enhanced water quality, particularly important in the downstream riparian habitat conservation focus areas on the Conejos. • Enhances fishing and related recreational resources by improving water quality and riparian conditions along the river corridor. • Directly benefits endangered and/or threatened species in the riparian habitat conservation focus area below Antonito, i. e. the southwest willow flycatcher, the bald eagle, and the yellow-billed cuckoo, by stabilizing areas laioivn to provide nesting, breeding, and foraging habitat along the Conejos and Rio Grande. • Limits finther deterioration in the channel in the future, benefiting downstreamn communities. • Supports basin and interbasin cooperation by reducing the propagation of maintenance issues for multiple ditch companies and for downstream Rio Grande Compact water users. • Helps to meet agricultural demands for a sustainable water supply • Promotes cost effectiveness and operational flexibility, optimizing existing and future water supplies. • Directly supports the ability of Colorado to firlfill its commitments by facilitating passage of mandated waters under the Rio Grande Compact. b. The number and ttipes of entities represented in the application and the degree to which the activity,,vill promote cooperation and collaboration arnong traditional consumptive water interests and/or non-consumptive interests, and, if applicable, the degree to which the water activity is effective ni addressing intrabas in or interbasni needs or issues. 7