7732

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7732
• Author: Center for Public-Private Sector Cooperation, U. o. C.
• Title: Recommendations on the Legal, Policy, and Institutional Issues Related to Instream Flow Protection in Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program--
Water acquisition for the endangered fishes
Group Memory, February 28, 1992
Page 5
* Perceptions in reference to uncertainty future water rights - community
expectations.
* Federal "intrusion" in state/local issues. Power sharing.
* Lack of information regarding future development/fishes needs.
Potential Impediments
I. Substantive Finding
Element #1
Definition of terms also an issue. How operationalize for biologist (criteria)?
All agree CWCB can appropriate instrument flows for protection of endangered species,
not an impediment.
• Add: Questions reference "type" of use
Question reference quantity - re-draft.
Page #11- Question #3
* Is the state law in reference to "Minimum requirements to protect the
environment to a reasonable degree" inconsistent with flows needed for fish
recovery?
The above replaces Questions 1-3 on Page 11.
Replacement for Question #4 -Page 11:
Are there impediments in prior CWCB decisions to protecting flows for fish recovery?
Reference Question 5: Replace with:
Last sentence (only) as rewritten: How should the Board address the uncertainties in the
quantity of flow recommendations. (e.g. A. use of professional judgement and B. methodology,
and C. consistency of methodology.)