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<br />Appendix A. Instream Flow Subcommittee Issues, Current Activities, Public Input, Limitations, and Staff Recommendations <br /> <br />Physical Protection (Monitoring) Issues (13.0%) <br /> <br />Issue Type Current Activity Public Input Limitations Staff Retommendation and <br /> Basis <br />Monitor Instream Flows fnstalJing monitoring devices on IdentifY critical stream reaches Staff resources.. budget for Pursue existing efforts. <br /> etitical reaches Install measuring devices. purchase of devices and Develop 8 priority list and <br />(7.2%) Existing gauges: Require staff gauges on new instaHatioD. and long lenn associated costs. <br /> Blue River. Lillie Dry Creek, appropriations maintenance. <br /> South Sr. Vrain Ck, Elkhorn Ck, Policy review with SED <br /> Trout Ck"Ohlo Ck, Eagle River, <br /> I . <br /> Snowmas. Creek, North Clear <br /> Creek, South Boulder Creek. <br />Monitoring Partnerships Follow through with cooperative Promote partnerships with local Staff resources and budget for Pursue and promote <br /> agreements with TV and entities for stream monitoring. long tenn operation and Promote partnerships with olher <br /> Boulder. and DWR. maintenance. groups (ie: River Watch schools) <br /> Entertain requests from Implement an education and <br /> interested parties. outreach program <br />Cooperation with other stale Infonnal communication with Move away from self Lack of gauges, funding and Pursue formal agreements and <br />agencies for monitoring and state agency staff. administration by relying on the fonnal agreements between funding <br />enforcement DWR to monitor and enforeethe agencies. <br /> rights. <br />Determine effectiveness of No Activity Study whether existing ISF Many variables make an Look for opportunities to <br />appropriations appropriations are adequate to assessment difficult. conduct research on this topic. <br /> protect the environment to a Difficult research topic; in Staff and DOW recognize the <br />(1.4%) reasonable degree. determine unregulated rivers. need. <br /> impacts, determine legal Staff resources and budget. <br /> recourse when environment is Water Quality issues <br /> damaged. <br />Determine legal recourse to None CWCB should consider legal Lack of precedent CWCB request for AGO Legal <br />damage to the environment recourse for non-compUance t~ CWCB Policy Opinion regarding legality of <br /> instream flow amounts Legal Issues imposing restitution for damages <br />(4.4%) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,f : <br />