BOARD00245

• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/1991
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]

STATE OF COLORADI

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MEMORANDUM

Roy Romer
Governor
David W. Walker
Director

TO:

Members, CWCB

FROM:

E.I. Jencsok

DATE:

September 12, 1991

SUBJECT:

Added Agenda Item 12d (3), September 19-20, 1991, Board Meeting--
Endangered Fish Recovery Program .
Recommendations for Flows in the IS-Mile Reach During October-
June

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has recently completed a report
entitled "Recommendations for Flows in the IS-Mile Reach during October-June for
Maintenance and Enhancernent of Endangered Fish Populations in the Upper
Colorado River." The report describes studies conducted by the Service and
recommends flows for the IS-Mile Reach during the October-June period. The
studies were conducted as part of the Recovery Implernentation Program for
Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

In its transmittal letter to the Board, the Recovery Implementation Committee
(RIC) requested that the Board review the report and use it in appropriating an
instream flow right in the IS-Mile Reach. The RlC also requested that the Board
proceed as expeditiously as possible and provide an anticipated schedule for
responding to its request and the preliminary identification of any major problems the
Board foresees in implementing the flow recommendations, and provide suggestions
on how the RIC could assist in resolving potential problems. A summary of the flow
recommendations is attached for your review.

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