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City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks <br />P.O. Box 791, Boulder, CO 80306; nC,CEr" <br />". °"'� <br />www.ci.boulder.co.us/openspace/ <br />JANO32OU <br />Colorado Water Consi ,, dtibn Board <br />December 28, 2001 <br />Steve Snyder <br />County Attorney's Office <br />_Jefferson County <br />100 Jefferson County Parkway <br />Golden CO, 80419 -5500 <br />Dear Mr. Snyder: <br />Subject: Jewell Mountain Lake <br />Thanks again for taking the time on December 21 to dscuss Jewell Mountain Lake natural lake level <br />project with me. As I mentinoned on the phone, I am working cooperatively with the Colorado Water <br />:onservation Board (CWCB) staff to protect the natural lake level of Jewell Mountain Lake. <br />Jewell Mountain Lake, at six to eight acres in <br />size, is one of the lowest elevation, if not the <br />lowest elevation, natural lake in Colorado. Jewel <br />Mountain Lake is located on City of Boulder <br />Open Space and Mountain Parks property. <br />Specifically, the lake is located in Jefferson <br />County in the south half of Section 8, Township <br />2 South, Range 70 West. <br />If the CWCB completes a natural lake level <br />appropriation for Jewell Mountain Lake, the protection it affords will help protect water fowl habitat and <br />aquatic animal species such as the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii), tiger salamander, <br />(Ambystoma tigrinum), and leopard frog (Rana pipiens). A natural lake level filing will protect the <br />existing water level and, to the best of my knowledge, will not affect any existing water rights. Our <br />hydrologic evaluation of the area suggests that Jewell Mountain lake fills primarily from snow melt and <br />storm water runoff within its small watershed. No diversions are made to fill this lake. Because the <br />purpose of this project is to protect existing natural conditions, we have no intention to make any new <br />diversions or change water rights to put water into the lake. Even though the property is already <br />protected as open space, we believe that that the natural lake level appropriation is complementary to the <br />land protection as this helps underscore the unique natural value of the area. I have also attached a copy <br />f the CWCB's draft in progress of the executive summary for the project to provide you with additional <br />detail about this project. <br />Open Space & Mountain Parks...Pi se sqi ' a Wild Idea/ <br />