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Exhibit 1 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3441 <br />Fax: (303) 866 -4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Governor <br />FROM: Jeff Baessler Mike King <br />DNR Executive Director <br />Stream and Lake Protection Section <br />Jennifer L. Gimbel <br />CWCB Director <br />DATE: January 14, 2011 <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 15, January 26 -27, 2011, Board Meeting <br />Stream and Lake Protection Section — New Appropriation Recommendations <br />in Water Divisions 2, 4 and 5. <br />Summary <br />This memo provides an overview of the technical analyses that were performed by both the <br />recommending entities and CWCB staff to provide the Board with sufficient information to <br />declare its intent to appropriate in accordance with the Instream Flow Rules. Staff's detailed <br />analysis of each stream, contained in the "Instream Flow Recommendation Notebook," which <br />was mailed separately, provides the technical basis for each appropriation. Letters regarding <br />these ISF recommendations are attached to this memo. <br />Staff recommends that the Board declare its intent to appropriate 8 new instream flow water <br />rights in Water Divisions 2, 4 and 5 as identified in the attached tables. <br />Background <br />Pursuant to Rule 5d. of the Board's Instream Flow Rules, staff is requesting the Board to declare <br />its intent to appropriate instream flow water rights on the stream segments identified in the <br />attached tables. Staff has reviewed each proposed stream segment to ensure that for each <br />instream flow recommendation, the data set is complete and standard methods and procedures <br />were followed. In addition, staff has completed its water availability studies. Staff has identified <br />8 stream segments in Water Divisions 2, 4, and 5 for which sufficient information has been <br />compiled and analyses performed upon which the Board can base its intent to appropriate. These <br />segments are located in Huerfano, Montrose, Grand and Routt Counties. Letters and materials <br />regarding some of these recommendations have either been included in the Instream Flow <br />Recommendation Notebook or this Board Memo. All of these letters are also available on the <br />Board's web site. <br />Technical Investigations <br />Staff s executive summary and technical analysis of each stream, contained in the Instream Flow <br />Recommendation Notebook (mailed separately), forms the basis for staff s recommendations. <br />Interstate & Federal • Watershed & Flood Protection • Stream & Lake Protection • Finance <br />Water Information • Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Water Supply Planning <br />