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ENCLOSURE - INSTREAM FLOW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CAMERON CREEK Below is a description of the proposed instream flow. Additional details can be found in Attachments A- D. Location Cameron Creek is located within the Upper Taylor Watershed (HUC-12: 140200010202) in Gunnison County, Water Division 4.The headwaters originate between Cross Mountain and Cameron Mountain. Cameron Creek flows north to the confluence with the Lottis Creek, a tributary to the Taylor Fork of the Gunnison River.The Cameron Creek watershed is about three-square miles and is on the Fairview Peak United States Geologic Survey quad map (Attachment A). The stream segment identified for the proposed instream flow appropriation is approximately 3.69 miles long from its headwaters to the confluence with Lottis Creek. Table 1. Land Status in the Cameron Creek Watershed. Total Land Ownership Upper Terminus Lower Terminus Length Private(%) Public(%)1 (miles) Riparian Riparian Corridor Corridor Headwaters Confluence with 3.7 3% 97% Lottis Creek Watershed Watershed Composition Composition 6% 94% 1. The public land in the Cameron Creek Watershed is managed by the USFS. 2. The riparian corridor ownership percentages were estimated using stream length. The Cameron Creek watershed is approximately 94 percent public land managed by the United States Forest Service (USFS).The riparian corridor of the proposed segment is approximately 97 percent public land managed by the USFS. Existing Instream Flow Rights Cameron Creek does not have an existing instream flow water right. Water Availability Physical Availability There is not a gage in Cameron Creek.The nearest downstream gage is the Taylor River at Almont;with a period of record of 1986 to present (USGS ID= 09110000). Legal Availability There are no active diversions on Cameron Creek.