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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2008
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Creek basin, on the instream flow program, on a synthetic hydrologic model developed by Michelle
Garrison, and on the Colorado Water Conservation Board's objectives, generally. Ted Kowalski and
Linda Bassi, continue to provide support and state resources towards this process. The next RPW public
meeting will be on December 2 at 6:30 p.m. (Ted Kowalski)
RIO GRANDE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (RGDSS): The Bureau of Reclamation has
requested the Division of Water Resources help in using the RGDSS groundwater model in assisting them
in their future planning effort relating to the Closed Basin Project. (Ray Alvarado)
DOLORES RIVER DIALOGUE (DRD) UPDATE: Since the last Board meeting, the DRD
Technical Committee met on September 25 and November 4, 2008, and the full DRD group met on
October 28, 2008. Agenda items for the full DRD meeting included discussions o£ (1) the process to
update the Lower Dolores River Management Plan as an alternative to Wild and Scenic designation on
the Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir; (2) a section 319 watershed study being conducted on the
Dolores River and how it relates to item (1); (3) management by the USBR and the Dolores Water
Conservancy District of the 2008 spill of McPhee Reservoir; and (4) ongoing scientific research on the
Dolores River. At the November 4, 2008 DRD Technical Committee meeting, participants worked on
developing a public process and schedule for the Lower Dolores River Management Plan update. The
process will entail several public meetings, with the first meeting tentatively set for mid-December. The
desired outcome of this process is the formulation of recommendations on how to protect the ORVs
identified by the USFS/BLM on the lower Dolores River to submit to the USFS/BLM for consideration in
the Environmental Assessment related to the Wild and Scenic process. (Linda Bassi)
RECENTLY DECREED ISF WATER RIGHTS: On August 14, 2008 the Division 4 Water
Court decreed an instream flow water right to the CWCB on the North Fork Escalante Creek in Case No.
07CW036 for 3.7 cfs (April 1 -June 14), and 0.6 cfs (June 15 -March 31), with an appropriation date of
January 25, 2006. The upstream terminus is the confluence with Points Creek and the lower terminus is
the headgate of the Sawtell Ditch. The ISF reach is approximately 7.3 miles long. The CWCB entered
into a stipulation with the Mika Ag Corporation to alleviate their concerns about this ISF segment.
On August 29, 2008 the Division 4 Water Court decreed an instream flow water right to the CWCB on
the Little Dolores River in Case No. 04CW 158 for 2.4 cfs (April 1 -June 30), 1.6 cfs (July 1 -October
31), and 1.0 cfs (November 1 -March 31), with an appropriation date of January 28, 2004. The upstream
terminus of the ISF reach is the confluence with Bieser Creek and the lower terminus is the Upper
Saxbury Ditch. The ISF reach is approximately 2.5 miles long.
On September 19, 2008 the Division 4 Water Court decreed an instream flow water right to the CWCB on
Pauline Creek in Case No. 07CW201 for 2.0 cfs (April 1 - Apri130), 2.75 cfs (May 1 -June 30), 2.0 cfs
(July 1 -August 31), and 1.0 cfs (September 1 -September 30), with an appropriation date of January 24,
2007. The upstream terminus is the confluence with Chavez Creek and the lower terminus is the headgate
of Tarbell and Alexander Ditch. The ISF reach is approximately 4.1 miles long.
On September 19, 2008 the Division 4 Water Court decreed an instream flow water right to the CWCB on
Escalante Creek in Case No. OSCW250 for 3.20 cfs (March 1 -March 31), 11.50 cfs (April 1 -June 14),
3.20 cfs (June 15 -July 31), and 1.30 cfs (August 1 -February 28) with an appropriation date of January
25, 2005. The upstream terminus is the confluence with the East Fork and Middle Fork Escalante Creek
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