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STATE OF COLORADO <br /> Colorado Water Conservation Board ti N rn < Y <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Shaman Shat,Room 721 �: <br /> Deaver,Colorado$0203 <br /> Phone:(300)$66-3441 r, • <br /> Fax(303)8664474 <br /> www owcb ttetneo.w 4441 <br /> May 6,2010 <br /> BM Rliter. <br /> Catharine Robertson governor k <br /> Grand Junction Field Manager masa B.Meed. <br /> U.S.Department of the Interior <br /> DNR Brecetdw Muter <br /> Bureau of Land Management <br /> 2815 H Road Jena&i.Obaebel <br /> Grand Junction,Colorado 81506 Ca/CB Director <br /> Re: Wild and Scenic River Suitability Evailation <br /> Colorado River Segment 2 <br /> Dear M&Robertson: <br /> The Lower Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Collaborative is a dedicated group of individuals and <br /> organizations working together to identify prams options for several abeam segments that the Grand Junction <br /> Field Office ibumd to be eligible for ioclu+lioa in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System(NWSRS)during its <br /> recent inventory and analysis. me group seeks to outline management options to recommend to the Bureau of Land <br /> Management (BLM) as a means of maintaining not only the outstandingly remarkable values (ORVs) that the <br /> agency has identified but also the stakeholder uses and values that currently exist in and along these stream <br /> segments. Ranchers, fanners, environmental advocates, water providers, representatives of local and state <br /> government,and other stakeholdesa are cc llabarating to find management approaches that meet both the needs of <br /> BLM and the needs of the broader stakeholder community. <br /> In order to make the best use of the time available before BLM's May 2010 deadline for feedback into the drag <br /> Resource Management Plan(RMP),the stakeholders identified nine of the 27 eligible stream segments on which to <br /> focus their efforts. Using the percentage of faded land along the segment;the number of ORVs,and the number <br /> and type ofexisting management provisions as guiding criteria,the group prioritized the following segments for <br /> their collaborative discussione Roan Creep Carr Creek.Gunnison River Segment 2, Colorado River Segment 3, <br /> Dolores River, Ute Creep East Creek,West Creek,and North Fork West Creek. Working groups have identified <br /> the stakeholder uses and values that they want to maintain and gathered data to inform their deliberations. <br /> Additionally, small task groups are preparing separate letters to BLM regarding the Little Dolores River and <br /> Colorado River Segments 1 and2. <br /> The working groups held their first meetings in December and began to explore the ORV.,atdoeholder uses and <br /> values,and edsting management provisions. Based on these dimensions,two working groups have akesdy come to <br /> consensus about the management needs of Colorado River Segment I <br /> Lased sae•Federal•Wsearsisd Proeseden•Stead lmNW=•seta.t Lie baled'-.•FM.oae <br /> Water r a..dss•water Coneersdos*neon*numbs•Water Supply Plevales <br />