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Stream: East Middle Fork Parachute Creek e SeQment: Confluence Northwater and Trapper Creeks to Corral Gulch Executive Summary Upper Terminus: Confluence Northwater and Trapper Creeks eLatitude 390 37' 20") (Longitude 108000' 42") Lower Terminus: Corral Gulch eLatitude 390 37' 11") (Longitude 1080 02' 22") Counties: Garfield Length: 1.7 Miles USGS Quad(s): Forked Gulch Flow Recommendation: 5.7 cfs (April 15 - June 30) 1.6 cfs (July 1 - August 31) 0.9 cfs eSeptember 1 - October 14) 0.5 cfs (October 15 - March 14) 1.0 cfs eMarch 15 - April 14) e e Summary The information contained in this report and the associated instream flow file folder for the East Middle Fork of Parachute Creek forms the basis for staffs instream flow recommendation to be considered by the Board. It is staff s opinion that the information contained is this report is sufficient to support the findings required in Rule 5.40. Colorado's Instream Flow Program was created in 1973 when the Colorado State Legislature recognized "the need to correlate the activities of mankind with some reasonable preservation of the natural environment" esee ~ 37-92-102 (3) c.R.S.). The statue vests the CWCB with the exclusive to appropriate and acquire instream flow and natural lake-level water rights. In order to encourage other entities to participate in Colorado's Instream Flow Program, the statue directs the CWCB to request instream flow recommendations from other state and federal agencies. The Bureau of Land Management eBLM) recommended this segment of East Middle Fork Parachute Creek to the CWCB for inclusion into the Instream Flow Program. East Middle Fork Parachute Creek is being considered for inclusion into the Instream Flow Program because it has a natural environment that can be preserved to a reasonable degree with an instream flow water right. The BLM is very interested in protecting the streamflows in this area because in November of 1997, the U.S. Congress transferred management oftbe Navel Oil Shale Reserve from the Department of Energy to the BLM. Congress directed the BLM to manage the area for multiple uses, while simultaneously protecting the area's unique resource values. East Middle Fork Parachute Creek is a tributary of Parachute Creek and is approximately 5.4 miles long. It begins West of the Roan Cliffs, at an elevation of approximately 7,980 feet, and terminates at the confluence with the Middle Fork Parachute Creek, at an elevation of approximately 6,200 feet. It flows through federal lands eNaval Oil Shale Reserve which is managed by the Bureau of Land Management) and private lands. It is located in Garfield County. The total drainage area of East Middle Fork of Parachute Creek is approximately _ square miles. East Middle Fork of Parachute Creek generally flows in an East to Southwest direction.