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<br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Dan McAuliffe, .Acting Director <br />Mr. Dan Merriman, Section Chief <br />Stream and Lake Protection Section <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman St., Rm. 721 <br />Denver, Co. 80203 <br /> <br />Rt:Cer.,.... <br />~t') <br />NUv . <br />I 0 ;'fllJ/J <br />CoIoraao Waf.. . <br />L,"(I~I~atlu', <br />Jy->,," <br /> <br />Sirs, <br /> <br />I am writing this letter in support of a recommendation from the Bureau of land <br />Management and the Colorado Division of Wildlife that is seeking legally protected flows in the <br />San Miguel River from Fall Creek to Horsefly Creek. <br />This stretch of the San- Miguel River presently has no instream flow protection. The <br />flow recommendations are a product of the instream flow assessment that the BLM has been <br />working on for the past three years. The recommended flows are presently available in the <br />river and will not impact any existing water rights from the river. The recommended flows are <br />to protect the river's fishery but will also provide benefits to riparian vegetation and minimize <br />impacts from river ice formation and ice flows that occur in the river during the winter <br />months. <br />As you well know, protecting river flows is important to maintain the river ecosystems <br />which include aquatic and fish habitats and river riparian zones. <br />I am a property owner that relies on the quality of the river's flow for my family's <br />drinking water. As important, I am currently working, as a member of the San Miguel County <br />Recreation District on a project that seeks to protect, restore and enhance the river's health, <br />through the Applebaugh Park Wetlands Re-creation project. Several other valuable and <br />important projects currently exist to enhance some aspect of the health of the river's <br />ecosystem. The weak link in all of these efforts, of course, is the lack of adequate instream flow <br />protection on the river. <br />Please consider the BlM and DOW's recommendation carefully. The river's ecosystem <br />depends on your course of <lStion Clnd future generations of river advocates will be thankful. <br /> <br />1:"'" .' . . <br /> <br /> <br />.' ~ranYi, PlacerValley f-jq.meownerAssocr. m.ember, San Miguel County Recreation <br />District boardmember <br /> <br />".', <br /> <br />-,:.' <br /> <br />".'- <br /> <br />, .-,' <br /> <br />';0' <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />