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<br />~ <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Peter H Evans <br />ewes Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Randy Seaholm ~ <br />Chief, Interstate Streams Investigations <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />DATE: March 10,2000 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 23f, March 20-2], 2000 Board Meeting- <br />Colorado River Basin Issues - Endangered Fish Recovery Program - IS Mile <br />Reach Programmatic Biological Opinion -Implementation Update <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The Final IS-Mile Reach Programmatic Biological Opinion (PBO) was signed in December <br />] 999. Pursuant to the PBO, development and implementation of certain flow related actions <br />by the Recovery Program is required. The following is a status report on the implementation <br />of the flow related actions contained in the PBO. We have put in bold lettering the changes <br />since our last report in January. <br /> <br />· Protection of 58 I cfs in the IS-MR from July 1st through September 30th - Completed, <br />the CWCB has obtained a decree for this in case number S-92CW286 and is exercising <br />the right. <br />· Protection of 300 cfs of accretions to the I S-MR from July I st through September 30th - <br />Completed, the CWCB has obtained a decree for this in case number 5-94CW330 and is <br />exercising the right. <br />· Delivery of 5,000 AF annually from storage plus an additional 5,000 AF in 4 out of 5 <br />years via operational changes from Ruedi Reservoir in consultation with the U.S. Bureau <br />of Reclamation (USBR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and CWCB- <br />Completed, this Agreement was required in the final EIS for the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project filed August I, 1989. A contract between the 3 agencies was executed in <br />February 1990 and 10,000 AF has been delivered annually except in above average water <br />supply years like 1993 and 1995. <br />· Delivery of2I,6S0 AF annually from the unsold regulatory capacity of Ruedi R",servoir <br />until a firm source for half can be put in place by the water .users - Annual agreements <br />have been made each year since 1996. <br />