9351

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9351
• Author: Hobbs, G.
• Title: Water For Recreation, Water Quality, and Wetlands".
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

doctrine's perceived failure to deal with water for recreation in
the natural streams.
A program of recreational water use in Colorado should
address the following components, among others:
1. Funding
2. Access
3. Preservation of private property rights (water
rights and real property rights)
4. Regulation of public behavior on water bodies
5. Quantification methodology
6. Assessment of recreational value of river
corridors.
7. Maintenance of riparian conditions
8. Conflicts with other water uses
9. Cooperative water management and exchange
opportunities between and among other water users
10. Staffing and administrative needs
11. Cooperation with landowners (federal, private, and
political subdivisions of the State and local
government)
12. Preservation of sensitive environmental and
wildlife habitat
13. Facilities, such as campgrounds, picnic-areas,
parking areas, trails and bike paths, and put-in
and take-out facilities
14. Integration with other components of the State
Parks system, federal government, local
government, and private recreational programs and
operations.
15. Coordination with the CWCB instream flow program.
16. Administrative procedure to be followed by Parks
Board in considering appropriations of water for
recreational use or purchase, lease, or operating
agreements regarding water rights.
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