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• Board Meeting Date: 1/12/1998
• Description: ISF Section - New Appropriations - Notice to Appropriate Instream Flow Water Rights in Water Division 1
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
, 31 3 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLORADO

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MEMORANDUM

Roy Romer
Governor
James S. Lochhead
Execurive Director, DNR
OariesC.liJe,P.E.
Director. CWCS

TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM: Dan Merriman

DATE: January 15, 1998

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 3la, January 28-29, 1998, Board Meeting-
Instream Flow Program - New Appropriations
Notice to Appropriate Instream Flow Water Rights in Water Division 1

GENERAL BACKGROUND

As per the Procedures for New Instream Flow Appropriations (procedures), adopted by the Board
in May of 1997, the attached Phase IT streams are being proposed to be advanced to the Public
Review and Comment and Board Action Phase, or Phase m. These instream flow segments have
been reviewed by CWCB staff to ensure each flow recommendation and data set is complete and
standard methods and procedures have been followed. In addition, staffhas completed its map work
and initial water availability studies.

Staff has identified two stream segments which are ready for Phase 3. These segments are
Deer and Nott Creeks. Both stream reaches flow through Golden Gate State Park and were
identified by the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (CDPOR) for inclusion into the
instream flow program.

TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS

The enclosed packet of technical data forms the basis for the staff's recommendations.

Natural Environment Studies

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and CDPOR have conducted field surveys of the fishery
resources on these streams and have found a natural environment which can be preserved on each of
these streams. To quantifY the resources and to evaluate instream flow requirements, the CDOW and

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