CWCB Basin Plan Meetings 2000-2001

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Colorado Water �PtFREGNSEp4 x Yampa -White River Conservation Board Rod Kuharich, Director oc Dan McAuliffe, Deputy Director Basin Planning Meetings www..cwcb.state.co.us Policy and Planning Needs Identified by Participants • Concerns regarding impact of releases from dam rehabilitation projects on fisheries and water quality • Continue open communication with the community • Concerns over the potential impact of mining of oil shale of the instream flows filings in the area of oil shale deposits in the Green River Formation • Create an instream flow through the town of Meeker • Concerns regarding instream flow applications on Anvil Point • Concerns over White River becoming sacrificial stream to meet Colorado River compact obligations Identified Technical Assistance Needs • Provide information about growth projections by basin to assist local and regional organizations in their planning efforts convert floodplain mapping to GIS • Floodplain designation study in Routt County and the city of Steamboat Springs • Develop methodologies in determining stream flow requirements for warm water species • Develop a watershed and land use system • Provide technical assistance in land management and flood planning and access to electronic versions of flood plain maps • Initiate development of preliminary biological opinion (PBO) for White River • Provide water planning support in Rio Blanco County • Clarify that the White River is protected by Glen Canyon and Lake Powell from a lower river call • Provide water resources planning for future basin needs, especially along the White River • Concerns over the length of time and costs to designate 100 -year floodplains to meet Federal Emergency Management Agency processes • Concern that Utah has not settled its federally reserved water rights with the Ute Indians on the White River in Utah — clarification that Colorado will not allow Utah to use Colorado water to meet its Indian rights obligations • Clarify that the critical habitat for the federally listed endangered fish species extends to the base of Taylor Draw Reservoir and there is no habitat designated upstream — a PBO would ensure that existing and future uses in the basin would be protected Identified Potential Water Projects • River restoration for the Elkhead Property Owners Association and the Yampa River Basin Partenership to address erosion occurring below Elkhead Dam • River restoration project by Routt County and city of Steamboat Springs between old sewage ponds near Riverside and KOA campground • Small multipurpose reservoirs for endangered species and to support private development on the Yampa • Construction of a raw water intake for the town of Rangeley • Dam rehabilitation on Bell Creek • Repair of the Oak Ridge ditch headgate Other Issues • Clarify that the CWCB does not drain private lands hunting areas) to prevent wetlands (instead wetlands may be a Clarify that no public access is required to get source of income for landowners by becoming CWCB funding