<br />COl.ORADONATURAL AREAS PROGRAM
<br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAl. RESOURCES
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<br />AMENDMENT TO THE
<br />ARTICLES OF DESIGNATION
<br />FOR THE MEXICAN CUT/GALENA MOUNTAIN
<br />SCIENTIFIC NATURAL AREA
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<br />This Article~ of DesigQ.ation Amendment was made th'e 8'f0.. day
<br />of Ma...~ , 1981, by and between the State of Colorado for the
<br />use and b'anefit of the Department of Natural- Res'ources, 1313 Shel:'man
<br />Street, Denver, Colorado. 80203, hereinafter refer~ed to. as the
<br />DEPARTMENT; The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit organization, 1800
<br />Ncrth Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia ,2~209f hereinafter the TNC; the
<br />Colcradc Water Conservation Board, Department' of Natural Resources,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, ColoradQ 80203, hereinafter the 'BOARD;
<br />and the'Rccky Mountain BiOlogical Laboratory, Gothic, Colcrado 81224,
<br />hereinafter RMBL. .
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<br />WHEREAS, the DEPARTMENT and the TNC entere4 into an agreement da~ed
<br />Ncvember 3, 1978, known as the Articles. of Designation for the Mexican
<br />Cut/Galena Mountain Scientific Natural Area, which has provisions in
<br />paragraph 9 for the amendment of the Articles with the approval of the
<br />Natural Areas Council, hereinafter the council~ and
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<br />WHEREAS, said agreement designated certain land owned by TNC and
<br />managed by RMBL as a state natural area; and
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<br />WHEREAS, one of the principal purposes of, and qualifying reasons
<br />fcr, designation was that the property contains a unique series of
<br />glacial shelf ponds containing a variety cf natural ecosystems for
<br />comparative ,b.iolcgical s~.udies; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the DEPARTMENT is authorized by the Colo(ado Natural A:;eas
<br />Act, C.R.S. 1973, 36-10-101!!~. (Cum. Supp. 1979), to identify and
<br />protect certain natural areas in Cclorado which "servE} as eX8mples of
<br />the native ccndition in studies relating to air, water, and soil
<br />quality and habitat productivity"; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the original Articles of Designation do not include
<br />provisions for protec,ticn abd management of "late\"' Rights for the eleven
<br />,glacial shelf ponds (3-11,16,17). and Galena Lake wihin the designated
<br />natural area; and
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<br />WHEREAS, RMBL filed for an4 received decrees' on November 6, 1972
<br />for ponds 3-4; on March 1. 1973 for pcnds 5-8, 10 and 11; and on
<br />September 21, ~972 for ponds 9, 16, 17 ,and Galena Lake; all with
<br />appropriations dating back to July 1, ~932; and
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<br />WHEREAS, aaid decr~es were obtained prior to the passage o~ C.R.S.
<br />1973. 37-92-102(3) and 103(4), which provide.. in ef-fect, that i:ninimuD'l
<br />lake level decrees may only, be obtained by the BOARD;,' an~
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<br />WHEREAS, RMBL has 'leased to. the BOARD the 'Water Rights' evidenced by
<br />said de~rees subject to certain restrictions upon the use of 'the water,
<br />.by a water.. rights ,lease dated !)ec,ember 31," .19,80, which is attached
<br />hereto and incoq~orated herein by reference as Exhibit OJ and _ ';
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