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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2009
• Description: WPFM Section - Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund Grant - Fountain Creek Fish Passage
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES FUND GRANT
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Section 3.2: Project Summary
Form Project Location Information
Nearest Town or Citv City of Fountain
Countv El Paso
TownshiplRangelSection Township 65W / Range 16S / Section 20
Latitude/Longitude Latitude 38.64 / Longitude -104.68
State Senate District 12
State Representative Distric 19
Strea~n Na~ne and Watershed Fountain Creek / Fountain Creek
Water Division Arkansas
Water District Southeastern
Land Ownership
On a nurp of scale> 1"=2000 ; inc~'icate all pNOpeNty affectec~ by this pNOject anc~' evic~ence of owneNShip
oN easernents foN p~oject woNk. This infoNrnation shoulc~ also be shown on an owneNShip rnap in
the appenc~'ices. If the pNOject aNea has oveN thNee pNOpeNty owneNS, please attach a sepaNate sheet with
ncrrnes anc~ peNrnission status foN each.
See Property Map in Appendix
Naine of Landowner(s) City of Colorado Springs
Evidence of ownership or easements for river restoration work:
X Enclosed (See Appendix) Will forward Not yet available (explain
tiineline)
Grant Request (round figures to the nearest $100)
Total Project Cost: $282,300.00
Grant Request: $70,000.00
List Funding Sources: Colorado Springs Utilities, Lower Arkansas Va11ev Water Conservation Dist.,
Colorado State Universitv, Colorado Division of Wildlife, U.S. Ariny Corps of Engineers, United
States Geological Survev.
Brief Description of the Project (Please limit to no more than 100 words; this will be
used to inform reviewers and the public about your proposal):
There are over 20 diversions and other drops structures/dains on Fountain Creek bet~veen Colorado
Springs and Pueblo. Studies bv the USACE, CDOW and USGS haue concluded that these dasns are
impeding fish movement on the Creek, resulting in reduced numbers of fish, including our target
species, the Arkansas darter (state threatened) and flathead chub (state species of concern). The Clear
Springs Ranch diversion dam ~vas given a high prioritv bv these agencies for a fish passage project
due to the abundance of fish at this location and the large drop structure height. The project ~vill
establish species swiinining perforinance data that will lead to first of its kind, design and
developinent of a plains fish passage. This work will be applicable to all future plains fish
passage projects.