BOARD01116

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2001
• Description: ISF Section - Injury with Mitigation: Three Forks Ranch - Case No. 6-00CW48
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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COURT, WATER DIVISION NO. 6,
Routt County, Colorado
P.O. Box 773117, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
970-879-5020 f> COURT USE ONLY
CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS
OF THREE FORKS RANCH CORPORATION
IN ROUTT COUNTY
Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP Case Number: OOCW 48
Glenn E. Porzak (#2793)
p, Pritz Holleman (#21888) Water Division No.6
929 Pearl Street, Suite 300
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
STIPULATION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Applicant in the above-captioned matter, Three Forks Ranch Corporation (the "Ranch"),
and Opposer, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (the "CWCB"), hereby stipulate and agree
as 'follows:

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I.

The Ranch has constructed a series of ponds and restored to a natural condition
over 14 miles of the main stem and the Middle, North, and South Forks of the
Little Snake River. .

2. The Upper Meadow Ponds Ditch diverts water from the Middle Fork and conveys
it through a series of small fishery ponds called the Upper Meadow Ponds. These
ponds are similar to natural beaver ponds. The ponds are typically 4-7 feet in
depth and were designed specifically to improve the cold water fishery by
providing additional depth and winter holding capacity for fish. Water from the
Middle Fork flows into the ponds via the ditch and back into the main stem of the
Little Snake.

3. The point of diversion of the Upper Meadow Ponds Ditch is on the Middle Fork
of the Little Snake River approximately 850 feet upstream of the confluence with
the North Fork of the Little Snake River. This 850 reach of the Middle Fork is
hereafter referred to as the "Subject Reach." With the exception of a small
amount of additional evaporation loss, the diversion is essentially non-
consumptive, with nearly all of the diverted water returning to the stream at a
point about 1,900 feet (0.35 mile) downstream from the point of diversion, or
approximately 1,050 feet below the confluence with the North Fork of the Little
Snake River.

4.

Within the Subject Reach, the Ranch has installed seven rock structures (two
cross-vanes and five "J-Hook" vanes), together with randomly placed rock, all of
which were specifically designed to create fish habitat. The main channel of the

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