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variety across their widths. These features will not only be an attraction for large events, but <br />will also attract a gamut of boaters of varying ability who will travel to the Durango Boating <br />Park to seek out these ideal hydraulics for recreational paddling. Additionally, it is at these <br />flows that rafters and rafting companies will experience peak excitement and peak attractive <br />and marketing potential due to the exciting features that are visually exciting and dynamic. <br />Lower Structures will continue to provide the usage that was seen at earlier flows. <br />The flow recommendations for July are in -line with the declining late season flows and <br />provide for the late- summer boating experiences including rafting, slalom and freestyle skill <br />development and training, inflatable traffic and late - season recreational boaters. At this flow <br />the river sees significant usage due to the warm weather. At these flows the features created <br />in the park will be less powerful and defined and will provide less variety for users but will <br />still provide for play - boating and recreational usage. The features will still be well- defined <br />enough to allow for a variety of freestyle maneuvers. Lower structures will continue to <br />provide for alternative boating experiences. <br />August flows provide for late season usage including inner tube /ducky traffic, instructional, <br />practicing and training kayakers and some rafting. At these flows the proposed structures <br />will be passable and will provide for inflatable traffic, late season rafting, and instructional <br />and recreational boating. Training athletes will continue to use the boating park but flows of <br />this level will not create hydraulics with the same power, definition, or variety seen at higher <br />flows. <br />September through December users and uses are similar to January -March usage. <br />Flows are currently sought from 8 in the morning until 8 at night with some exceptions for <br />nighttime events. This time frame was selected because it allows for most usage and is easily <br />administered. <br />40 <br />