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<br />:sml In: <br /> <br />l-:n-:l:l <br /> <br />13:03 ;Wyo State Engineers ~ <br /> <br />9706678692;# 3/ 3 <br /> <br />./" <br />./ <br /> <br />Henry Maddux <br />DireClor, <br />Recovery Program <br /> <br /> <br />(~~I(.) <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />UPPER COIORAID RNER <br />ENDANGERED FISH <br />RECOVERY PRCDRAM <br /> <br />Rolph Morge_ <br />Chairman. <br />Implementation Commiltee <br /> <br />U,S. Fish and Wildl~e Service . P,O, Box 25486 . Denver Federal Cenler . Denver, CO 80225 . (303) 236-2985 . Fax (303) 236-5262 <br /> <br />January 26. 1999 <br /> <br />Peter Evans <br />Acting Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />State Centennial Building, Room 721 <br />1313 Shennan Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203-2279 <br /> <br />Dear Peter: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The purpose of this letter is to advise you that the Management Committee to the <br />Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River <br />Basin recommends to the Colorado Water Conservation Board that the instream flow filings for <br />the Yampa River and Fifteen-Mile Reach of the Colorado River be maintained, and not be <br />withdrawn by action of the Board, pending the completion of the final Fifteen-Mile Reach <br />ProgrllI\1lllatic Biological Opinion and the development of the Yampa River Basin Endangered <br />Fish Recovery and Water Management Plan, Completion of both oftbese ongoing and important <br />activities should precede a weU-infunned determination of the utility and value of the pending <br />instream flow filings to achieving the objectives of the Recovery Implementation Program Those <br />detenninations can not be made at this time due to lack of infonnation and the uncertaimy <br />associated wilh neither the programmatic biological upiniun nul' the Yampa Plan being completed, <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration of this recommendation, Should you have any <br />questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at (307) 777~151. <br /> <br />With best regards, <br /> <br />C}o&-~ <br /> <br />John W. Shields <br />Chairman, Management Committee <br /> <br />JWS/js <br /> <br />cc; Management Committee members <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />U,5. FISh and W~dlife Service . U,S. Bureau 01 Reclamation . Weslem Area Power Admini."a1;on . Colorado . UIah . Wyoming <br />Environmental Defense Fund . National Audubon Society . Colorado Wildlife Faderatlon . Wyoming Wlltllf9 F9d9ralion <br />Colorado \Val.. Congress . utah Water Users Associaaon . Wyomin9 Waler DeveIopmenl_ . Coloredo River Energy D1StribulO" Associalion <br />