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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to support these additional funds, as they have done in the last several years. A trip is planned to <br />Washington DC at the end of March for meetings on this issue. <br /> <br />Durango FUes for RICD: The Town of Durango filed an application for a RICD water right in February <br />2006. CWCB staff has met with representatives of the Town of Durango, and the Board will consider the <br />RICI) ~ppli~atiQn, pu.rsuant to s~~..:.te. <br /> <br />YampalWhlte River Basin <br /> <br />David H. Smith Named Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader ofthe Year: Lifelong Rio Blanco County <br />rancher and community leader David H. Smith was named the Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the <br />Year on Jan. 27 during the Colorado Water Congress' winter convention. <br /> <br />Smith is the 26th recipient of the state's highest water leader award, named for the legendary Western <br />Colorado congressman who authored the legislation that created the Lake Powell, Navajo, Flaming Gorge <br />and Aspinall Unit reservoirs. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Congress Executive Director Dick MacRavey announced the award, saying he knew the <br />late Congressman Aspinall and that Smith embodied many of the same characteristics. <br /> <br />His close-to-the ground view of water helped David Smith convey a common-sense view of water issues <br />during his more than 20-year tenure on the Colorado Water Conservation Board that ended in 2004. <br />Smith also has served 14 years as Rio Blanco County's director on the Colorado River Water <br />Conservation Board. Smith's resume includes service on the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District <br />and work on four ditch company boards that serve his Meeker-area ranch on the White River. <br /> <br />Land Swap Proposed by Three Forks Ranch: At the end of January, The Three Forks Ranch proposed <br />to swap 3,378 acres of its land for about 623 acres of state land, where it would like to build a resort near <br />the Medicine Bow National Forest. The land being offered by the Three Forks Ranch is near the southern <br />end of the Atlantic Rim about 27 miles north of Baggs in the Dry Cow Creek drainage. The land has four <br />spring-fed reservoirs, two small reservoirs and two other springs, all with water rights. The state land <br />sought by the ranch is on the Colorado line and abuts the Sierra Madre portion of Medicine Bow National <br />Forest, and has the Running Fork of the Little Snake River running through it. Along with the resort, the <br />ranch would also like to build high-priced homes. Wyoming state officials are recommending the swap <br />because it would open public access to more than four BLM sections and one state section. Public <br />Hearings on the swap were held on Feb 7-8. Written comments were taken through March I". <br /> <br />Steamboat RICD Update: Judge O'Hara issued a final decree in the Steamboat RICD case, which <br />reflects the settlement reached between the CWCB and the City of Steamboat Springs. <br /> <br />Agency Updates <br /> <br />Di Minimis Report - please see the table in the Attachments. <br /> <br />Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program - Summary of Resolved Cases: The Board's ISF <br />Rule 8i. states that: "In the event the pretrial resolution includes terms and conditions preventing injury <br />or interference and does not involve a modification, or acceptance of injury or interference with <br />mitigation, the Board is not required to review and ratify the pretrial resolution. Staff may authorize its <br /> <br />31 <br />