Misc. Notes, Meeting Handouts, Documents for Hermosa Creek Meetings.

• Description: River Protection Workgroup - Staff Notes
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 1/1/2008
• Author: CWCB Staff
• Title: Misc. Notes, Meeting Handouts, Documents for Hermosa Creek Meetings.
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

Value Statement
The Hermosa Creek
Area is exceptional
because it is a large
intact
(unfragmented)
natural watershed
containing
diverse ecosystems,
including fish,
plants and wildlife,
over a broad
elevation range, and
supports a variety of
multiple uses,
including recreation
and grazing, in the
vicinity of a large
town.
Issues
1. Conflicts among
user groups as they
pertain to carrying
capacity of the land
and watershed.
2. Sedimentation
3. Possible
development (roads,
water, mining, private
land, expansion of
Durango Mountain
Resort)
These issues may have
impacts on;
Water quantity /volume
and flows for cutthroat trout
. Water quality
. Wildlife
Solitude and quiet
Safety
Agricultural uses and
sustainability
Potential Tools
Land Manaaement
* San Juan National Forest Plan Land
Management Plan (rules, standards,
guidelines, management area focus, etc.)
* Greater dispersing of users
* Limiting user numbers without
eliminating uses
* Road and trail standards and
rehabilitation
* Information about and monitoring of
user numbers (use of clubs and interest
groups)
* Wilderness designation
* Alternative designations such as National
Conservation Area, National
Resource Area, or Research Natural Area
* Weed control
Water
Instream flow rights to protect water
Wild and Scenic River designation
DOW regulations regarding fishing
Inventory of sediment sources
Other - Water
- A new tool /standard for sediment, to be
developed by the group
Hermosa Creek Workgroup Worksheet for Evaluating Scenarios and Tools - 11/3/08
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Criteria for
Evaluating
Potential Tools
1. Reliability
2. Permanency
3. Degree and
Extent of
Protection
4. Other
5. Other
6. Other