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. <br />, <br />? <br /> <br />? Small Claims ? County Court El District Court <br />,..? <br />? Probate Court ? Juvenile Court ? Water Court <br /> <br />DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF MONTROSE o <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />... <br />, J <br />,/? <br />•.. <br />. E <br /> f <br />? <br />; <br />UI <br />Court Address: 1201 N. Grand Avenue <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />(970) 252-4300 <br />CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER <br /> <br />RIGHTS OF THE UPPER GUNNISON RIVER WATER Case Number: 02CW038 <br />CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br /> Division: 4 <br />REMAND ORDER TO COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />This matter involves an application brought by the Upper Gunnison River <br />Water Conservancy District for a recreational in-channel diversion. This case is <br />the first case to be tried under the recently adopted statutory framework set forth <br />in Senate Bill 216, C.R.S. Section 37-92-101, et sec. This matter came on for <br />consideration before the Colorado Water Conservation District September 10, <br />2002, with written findings issued October 11, 2002. The matter proceeded ta a <br />five-day trial commencing September 15, 2003. Both the CWCB and Trial Court <br />were reversed in a decision rendered by the Colorado Supreme Court March 14, <br />2005. Colorado Water Conservation Board v. Upper Gunnison River Water <br />Conservancv District, 109 P.3d 585 (Colo. 2005). The Supreme Court remanded <br />this case to the Water Court with instructions to remand to the CWCB for factual <br />findings on whether the application - strictly the stream flows and recreational <br />experience submitted - comports with the five statutory factors. (This reference <br />r? <br />f? <br />.? <br />