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DEC- l i p ' s ied aabitat. ado projects .restoration h Matte near shed restora- headwaters ;an Luis Val - oservancy nation, ton - 02er, (970) r www, i tiQns itil all of the be at the d. ttion as 'writ- 85 million to Ike Pueblo, nd allowing excess river projects by ties. letter states to PSOP .s have influ- x of excess though the as intended within the Uk district drafting the should have : n though, it ,, r Fry -Ark as not given _omment on not a party utal agree ,5 and other e basin. district was ad includes ro, Prowers N. Its goal is and keel it nsas River -22 -2004 1326 I K - -ec wa Water board kei on Chaffee Coul By CHRIS WOovu THE PUE&O CHIEFTAIN The Pueblo Hoard of Water Works is warily wsirchiug a Chaffee County water pro- posal to claim recreational water rights in the Aj6ns&Lq River. Chaffee County is planning to file a recreational in stream diversion riglit ' to protect flows i•u the river for the raft- ing industry, said Bud O'1•lara, water resources manager, at Tuesday's meeting. The rights would be on the river through Salida and near Buena vista and similar ea the r%hts Pueblo obtained for a kayak course o n the Arkansas (tough central Pueblo. Chaffee County could seek year -round rights, which could be•protested by fi shing advocates, O'Hara mid, bas - sng his comments on conver- sations with water a�aorncys, T&' case has not yet been ,Bled in water court. "They've built some struc- tures in the river," O'Ilara said. He said the county equ i d file for rights before 2m, based on the year the strut - cures were built. The right In tary P. m e. Nielse, ►. q ue s ad dress it , i cion o s s Wary eye 1t Irb w as releas m its current 1 000 on $200,0( y '�o�QSa� trades with the Forest 5ervicc the u 3900 , sold Executive Direc- anj Bureau of Land Manage- Lane, was 1 head off any attempts meat have been made, but the Monday f Legislature to limit tee - P 1 4 9 are o the back burner fur S al Figueroa v �n flows. ie rafting industry Bets a ow. "!We have senior e xchange 1liesday -4 court app frtkm a voluntary flow rights in Clear Creels, prob Jose An. am negotiated between blylthe most xeniorin the val- Denver, w 1, fishermen, the South- ley' Ramel said. - The new On susplcic rn C010rado Water Con. filing Probably' wouldn't have Juana, driv �ncy District s ad the an pact on us.' of ale Lu of Reclamation fol- But Pueblo would probably es char t g held is jail g meetings in the 1990x, 1Ura said those file lax an Objector i:a order to its long Pending volun- pr+ct -term interest, ten F Cows apply to releases of , Board member Vera Ortegon 2100 block brought to the galley said despite aAy COUrt action, arrested M the Western Slope, The Puq'blo needs to main ;stin of Possess st attempt to maintain goold relations with UkL- and stance and itioti flows would tie up Chaffee county of#licWs ors. Peters water. Tuesday in . , • Pueb lo's., Ass ly, that could affect ability Co store WRT , sold Executive Direc- tor A Ian Hamel. PA t soine future point we mig waist to enlarge Clear Cree Reservoir," Hamel said, P eblo ; owns the reservoir and as looked at expanding Pu�e Look in The Pueblo Chieftain I for interesting, exciting jobs ar TOTAL P.04