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Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District 02CW038 Whitewater Park and is designed to consist of six structures, consisting of three u- shaped dam structures and three double offset water deflector devices. As of the date of this decree, three of the six structures have been constructed: two u-shaped dams referred to as structures five and six, and one double offset deflector device referred to as structure two. The six structures will concentrate and control the flows of the Gunnison River for recreational boating purposes. The structures also incidentally create fish habitat and therefore serve related fishing purposes. A water right is decreed herein for each of the six structures. The six structures are collectively referred to as the Gunnison River Whitewater Course or Course. 2. Legal description of structures: The Course is located downstream of Highway 50, near the City of Gunnison within the channel of the Gunnison River in Sections 2 and 3, Township 49 North, Range 1 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, County of Gunnison, State of Colorado. This location is approximately 150 miles upstream of the state line. The approximate locations of the six structures which constitute the Course are as follows: Structure 1(not yet built): A"V" dam located within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 2 degrees East, a distance of 880 feet from the southwest corner of Section 2. Structure 2(built): Double offset deflectors located at points within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 5 degrees West, a distance of 610 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3. Structure 3(partially constructed): Double offset deflectors located at points within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 20 degrees West, a distance of 470 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3. Structure 4(partially constructed): Double offset deflectors located at points within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 31 degrees West, a distance of 470 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3. -3-