Lease Agreement

• Case Number: W-566-72
• Lake Name: MEXICAN CUT POND # 1
• Watershed: Crystal River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 38
• County: Gunnison
• NLL Acq - Doc Type: Contracts, MOA/MOU, Leases, Agreements

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COLORADO NATURAL AREAS PROGRAM
DEPAR1MENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
STATE OF COLORADO
MEXICAN cur NATURAL AREA
ARTICLES OF DESIGNATION
(Amended and Restated)

These Articles of Designation, made on the 3rd of November, 1978, and amended
on May 8, 1981, and further amended this day of , 1989 by
and between the State of Colorado; acting by and through the Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Colorado Natural
Areas Program; 1313 Sherman Street; Room, 618, Denver, Colorado 80203;
hereinafter the Division, and The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit District of
Columbia corporation, 1815 North Lynn Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209,
hereinafter the Conservancy; the Colorado Water Conservation Board; Department
of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street; Room 723, Denver, Colorado 80203,
hereinafter the Board; and, the Rocky Mountain BUlogical Laboratory; Gothic,
Colorado 81224, hereinafter RMBL:

WHEREAS, the Conservancy owns and RMBL manages certain lands; including
certain patented mining claims which include the accompanying surface rights,
as a biological preserve and totaling 960 acres as described in Exhibits A-D,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and known as the Mexican
Cut preserve situated in the County of Gunnison, State of Colorado,
hereinafter the Property; and

WHEREAS; the Conservancy acquires and protects exemplary examples of
Colorado's natural heritage; and

WHEREAS; the Conservancy has declared that the best use of the Property is
that it be preserved and protected as a natural area; and

WHEREAS; the Division is authorized to conduct and administer the provisions
of the Colorado Natural Areas Act as set forth at C.R.S. 33-33-101; et s~:;
and -

WHEREAS; the Natural Areas Act established a statewide Colorado Natural Areas
Program, hereinafter the Program; to provide a means by which specific
examples of Colorado's natural features and ecological phenomena can be
identified; evaluated, and protected through a statewide system of designated
natural areas; and

WHEREAS; the Act established a Natural Areas Council, hereinafter the Council;
which advises the Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (hereinafter the
Board) on the administration of the Program and which recommends the
designation of Colorado Natural Areas by the Board; and

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