BOARD00929

• Board Meeting Date: 11/9/1992
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos. Partial.
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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. STATE OF COLORADO

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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources

n1 Stale Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone [phone]
FAX (303) 8......74

MEMORANDUM

Roy Romer
Governor

TO: Members, CWCB

Ken Salazar
Execudve Director

FROM:

Dan Merriman

Darles C. UJe. P.E.
Division Director

DATE: October 23, 1992

SUBJECT: Agenda Item lla, November 9-10, 1992, Board Meeting--
Instream Flow Program: Final Notice .
Water Division 4 - Saguache, Hinsdale and Gunnison Counties

GENERAL BACKGROUND

The attached Final Notice presents instream flow recommendations for 4 streams in
Hinsdale, Saguache, and Gunnison Counties, in Water Division 4 (see attached map). This
Final Notice reflects revisions to the Preliminary Notice presented to the Board at its
September 15-16, 1992, meeting. In particular, final recommendations for Beaver and
Saltado Creeks in San Miguel County were removed from this Final Notice to allow time
for additional consultations and studies.

CONSULT A nONS

The recommendations presented in this Final Notice represent a cooperative effort
by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Colorado Division of
Wildlife (DOW), and the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). The field data
supporting these instream flow recommendations were collected by the BLM using standard
DOW /CWCB field procedures. BLM personnel developed these recommendations in
consultation with the DOW. These recommendations were also evaluated by the CWCB
staff.

Final recommendations on Beaver and Saltado Creeks were postponed pending a
meeting between representatives of the San Miguel Water Conservancy District (SMWCD),
the Farmers Water Development Company (FWDC), and the CWCB staff. SMWCD and
FWDC have expressed concern that water availability problems may exist on these creeks.
The CWCB staff hopes to address these concerns and present final recommendations on