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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page I ofl <br /> <br />Kowalski, Ted <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br /> <br />Ken Clark III [kenclark3@rmi.net] <br /> <br />Monday, Oetober 30, 2000 8:27 AM <br /> <br />Ted.Kowalski@state.co.us <br /> <br />Cc: me <br />Subject: RISF <br />Dear Ted, <br /> <br />Thanks for taking time to discuss this issue with me the other day. I appreciate the opportunity to pass on a couple of <br />comments and look forward to an opportunity to participate further in this discussion when my schedule is not so pressing. <br /> <br />Question: Would a RISF for boating activities be in force at night when such activity would be unlikely? If not, how would <br />impacts of such diurnal flow variations on a stream environment be characterized? It would seem that impacts would be <br />similar to those experienced dowstream of hydroelectric facilities used for peaking power generation (Boulder Creek and <br />Flaming Gorge come to mind as examples.) <br /> <br />Question: What State agency, if any, should hold RISF rights? The State's current Instream Flow Program is capable of <br />providing instream flow protection for endangered species recovery. This capability seems to me to depend in large part on <br />the benefit to native species. If an ISF right is obtained to enhance or create a recreational fishery based on exotic species <br />such as rainbow, brown or brook trout it is very likely that such a fishery would exist in competition with native species. <br />Should such an RISF right be administered by the same agency responsible for assuring the iintegrity of the ISF Program? It <br />seems to me that if RISF rights were created for either boating or recreational fisheries, it would be necessary for CWCB's <br />ISF Program to maintain it's ability to protect ISFs decreed to protect the natural environment to a reasonable degree by <br />opposing RISF applications where a conflict would exist. <br /> <br />Thank you in advance for passing these questions and comments on to the Board, especially on such short notice. <br /> <br />Regards, <br />Ken Clark III <br />444 Harrison Ave <br />Fort Lupton CO 80621 <br />303-857-7890 (h) <br />303-413-7404 (0) <br /> <br />11/13/00 <br />