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2 <br />members have attended multiple public meetings within the watershed to explain the instream <br />flow proposal and its potential impact on future water supplies. The BLM and the CDOW have <br />also provided all of the supporting data to interested parties for their review and have worked <br />with several stakeholders to address their specific concerns regarding the instream flow <br />recommendation. Water users within the San Miguel watershed have had three years to study <br />their long -term water supply needs and to file water rights applications to meet those needs. <br />Given the long -term effort to engage the public and water users, the BLM requests that the <br />CWCB proceed with its appropriation process at the regularly scheduled board meeting in <br />January 2011. <br />The enclosures to this letter provide specific information with regard to recommended flow rates, <br />habitat analysis, biological characteristics, and water availability. if you have any questions <br />regarding this formal recommendation, please contact Roy Smith at (303) 239 -3940. <br />Sineerely, <br />Helen M. Hankins <br />State Director <br />cc: <br />Barbara Sharrow, Uncompahgre Field Office <br />Valori Armstrong, Southwest District <br />