7921

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7921
• Author: Trembly, T. L. and G. A. Gould.
• Title: Opportunities To Protect Instream Flows In Colorado And Wyoming.
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Biological Report 87‎(10)‎,
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 2. Opportunities to protect instream flows in Wyoming.

Tit 1 e

General description

Applicable
situations

State appropriation
of instream flows
(see page 54)

New (1986) enabling legisla-
tion for acquisition of
instream flows in streams
and reservoirs to be held in
the name of the State of
Wyoming.

Statewide acquisition
program

Discretionary water
permit authority
(see page 61)

State engineer IIpublic
interestll authority to deny
water permits that would
affect instream flows.

New permits, water
transfers and
exchanges

Incorporation of
instream flows in
water project design
and operation
(see page 62)

The State legislature has
included instream flow
maintenance considerations
in individual water project
design and operation.

Individual water
projects

Purchase or lease
of water rights
at legislature1s
direction
(see page 64)

Wyoming Game and Fish
authorization to lease/
purchase water for instream
flow/fishery maintenance
purposes on project-by-
project basis as determined
by the legislature.

Individual water
projects

Prioritization/
categorization of
stream segments
for instream flow
protection
(see page 66)

Wyoming Game and Fish and
Department of Environmental
Quality classification systems
for streams/lakes/reservoirs
classify/prioritize these
water bodies on fisheries
and water quality protection
basis.

Statewide program,
continually updated

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