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<br />It . r <br />I fh <br />?_ . <br />??. ° . . <br />L <br /> <br />DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO. 4, ..:. ?: , <br />' <br />STATE OF COLORADO ? <br />Montrose County Justice Center <br />1200 North Grand Avenue Bin A <br />Montrose, CO 81401-3146 <br />970.249.2859 <br />CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER <br />RIGHTS OF THE UPPER GUNNISON RIVER <br />WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT ? COURT USE ONLY ? <br />IN GUNNISON COUNTY <br />Cynthia F. Covell, #10169 Case Number: 02CW038 <br />Alperstein & Covell, P.C. <br />Gilbert Y. Marchand, Jr., Of Counsel, #19870 <br />1600 Broadway, #2350 Water Division No. 4 <br />Denver, CO 80202-4923 . <br />Phone: (303) 894-8191 <br />Fax: (303) 861-0420 <br />cfca),alpersteincovell.com <br />gyxnlaw@earthnet.net <br />APPLICANT'S CLOSING REPLY BRIEF <br />Applicant, Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District ("applicant" or "District"), <br />through its undersigned attorneys, submits the following brief in reply to the State's Answer to <br />Applicant's Closing Brief ("Answer"). <br />1. Summary of Argument <br />Both the District and the State agree that Senate Bill 216 ("SB 216") was enacted to address <br />the fear that recreational in-channel water rights could be misused to allow an appropriator to <br />command the entire flow of a stream or river, thereby preventing upstream development and affecting <br />Colorado's abilityto fully develop its interstate compact entitlements. However, the parties disagree <br />about the way in which SB 216 addressed this fear. In particular, the District disputes the State's <br />, <br />, ?d ^ ^ Ct-?d? <br />.--- <br />Z