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<br />I <br /> <br />Agenda Item 15 <br />September 22-23, 2003 Board Meeting <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />REVISED: July 29, 2003 <br /> <br />Meetine Summarv >I< <br />Meeting of Gunnison Water Users and Bureau of Reclamation <br />Re: Aspinall EIS and ESA Compliance for the Gunnison Basin <br />Montrose, Colorado <br />May 28, 2003 <br /> <br />Attendance: Dave KarlZer, Peter Fleming, Eric Kuhn, Peter Kasper, Colorado River <br />Water Conservation District; Kathleen Curry, John McClow, Upper Gunnison WCD; <br />Marc Catlin, Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association; Mike Berry, Tri-County <br />WCD; Gregg Strong, Redlands Water & Power; Steve Arveschoug, Dolores WCD; Tom <br />Alvey, North Fork WCD; Mike Gross, Consultant; Wayne Schieldt, Colorado Dept. of <br />Water Resources; Steve McCall, Susan Moyer, Carol De Angelis, Brent Uilenberg, Ed <br />Warner, Bureau ofRec1arnation; Vie Rouser, Attorney; and Tom Pitts, Water Consult. <br /> <br />AGENDA <br /> <br />1. Gunnison River/Colorado River Flow Recommendations <br /> <br />. 2. Aspinall EIS <br />3. ESA Compliance in the Gunnison Basin <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />1. Gunnison River/Colorado River Flow Recommendations <br /> <br />Tom Pitts reported that the Biology Committee, Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish <br />Recovery Endangered Fish Recovery Prograrn recently had approved flow <br />recommendations for the Gunnison River and Colorado River at the state line. The flow <br />recommendations had been under discussion for more than a year and a half. Significant <br />changes have been made. Recommended peak flows had been reduced. Certain caveats <br />have been incorporated into the recommendations, including the fact that the <br />recommendations represent but one way of achieving long term average flow needed for <br />charffiel maintenance in the Gunnison River, and the flow at the Colorado state line will <br />be the cumulative flow resulting from implementation of the Aspinall re-operation and <br />the Colorado River biological opinion. The instantaneous peak flows appear to be <br />achievable based on historic hydrology of the Gunnison since Aspinall operations <br />commenced. The objective of these modifications was, from water users' standpoint, <br />designed to give Reclamation flexibility in implementing the recommendations in a <br />marffier compatible with maintaining authorized purposes of the Aspinall project. <br /> <br />. <br />