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<br />BENJAMIN F. STAPLETON <br />Chairman, Denver <br /> <br />FREDERICK V. KROEGER <br />Vice-Chairman, Durango <br /> <br /> <br />J. WILLIAM McDONALD <br />Director <br /> <br />LAREN D. MORRILL <br />DeputY Director <br /> <br />JOHN R. FETCHER <br />Steamboat Springs <br /> <br />C. M. FURNEAUX <br />Walden <br /> <br />RICHARD D. LAMM <br />Governor <br /> <br />FLOYO L. GETZ <br />Monte Vista <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 STATE CENTENNIAL 8UILDING <br />1313 SHERMAN STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80203 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE <br />(3031839.3441 <br /> <br />PATRICK A. GORMLEY <br />Grand Junction <br /> <br />ROBERT A. JACKSON <br />Pueblo <br /> <br />DAVID LEINSDORF <br />Crested Butte <br /> <br />HERBERT H. VANDEMOER <br />Sterling <br /> <br />March 7, 1980 <br /> <br />M E M 0 RAN DUM <br /> <br />TO: Members, Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />FROM: Thomas W. Perry IV, Water Resource Specialist <br /> <br />THROUGH: J. William McDonald, Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Minimum Streamflow/Lake Level Final Recommendations- <br />Mexican Cut Ponds <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />At the upcoming March 17 meeting of the Board, consideration <br />will be given to the final recommendations for minimum lake levels <br />of the seventeen Mexican Cut Ponds. These recommendations were <br />introduced as preliminary at the January Board meeting. Approval <br />of these recommendations will provide significant protection of <br />the Mexican Cut Ponds, which lie within a timberline transition <br />zone containing very fragile natural eco-systems. The ponds and <br />surrounding land, a grouping of several old mining claims, are <br />located within the State designated Mexican Cut/Galena Mountain <br />Natural Area. This land is owned by The Nature Conservancy and <br />managed by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) of <br />Crested Butte, Colorado. <br /> <br />Under the careful watch of the RMBL for more than 30 years, <br />this land has been used exclusively for wildlife procreation, <br />biological research, collegiate instruction, and natural heritage <br />preservation. In 1972, the RMBL filed for and received decrees <br />on the ponds with an appropriation dating back to 1932. On <br />November 3, 1978, pursuant to the requests of The Nature Conser- <br />vancy and the RMBL, the land was designated Colorado's first <br />natural area under the Colorado Natural Areas Act (Section 36-10-101, <br />CRS 1973). <br />