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<br />Water Project Construction Non.Reimbursable State Investment .. Project Data <br /> <br />Grantee: Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Project Name: Elkhead Reservoir Funding Sources: CFlNative Species <br />Environmental Compliance Conservation Trust Fund <br /> <br />Project Type: Environmental Study T,ype of Borrower: Conservancy District <br /> <br />County: Moffat Median Household Income: NA <br /> <br />Drainage Basin: Yampa CWCB Grant: $500,000 <br /> <br />Water Source: NA l,terest rate: NA <br /> <br />Tota) Study Cost: $500,000 ~erm: NA <br /> <br />The funds being requested would allow the CWCB to share the estimated cost of <br />conducting environmental compliance studies associated with reservoir enlargement. <br /> <br />The enlargement of the reservoir is a component of a Yampa River Basin Plan. <br /> <br />The plan is intended to the basis of a Cooperative Agreement between the US Fish and <br />Wildlife Service and the state. The agreement would then be the basis for a Programmatic <br />Biological Opinion that wilI explain how the Upper C~lorado River Endangered Fish Recovery <br />Program will allow water development in the Yampa ~iver Basin to continue for the next several <br />decades while four endangered fish species are recovered. <br /> <br />The plan embodies two major goals: providing approximately 7,000 acre feet of water for <br />the fish from new and existing sources and the management of non-native species. At least 3,700 <br />acre-feet of this water would come from an enlarged Elkhead Reservoir. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />