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c, The Board must consider whether there is access for recreational in-channel use, The Board finds that there is adequate access for the RICD because the Applicant has . demonstrated the ability to obtain adequate access. The Board makes the following findings about this RICD: i. The Board determines that the nature and extent of the access required for the activities sought is not proper at this time, but the Applicant has demonstrated that it has the ability to obtain adequate access; II. The Applicant has demonstrated ownership, leasehold, other legal interest, or powers of condemnation held by, or available to the Applicant, for purposes of obtaining access. As such, the Board finds that there is adequate access for the RICD; and, Ill. The Board finds that there are no impediments for the Applicant obtaining adequate access. d. The Board must consider whether the exercise ofthe RICD would cause material injury to existing ISF water rights. The Board finds that the RICD will not cause material injury to existing ISF water rights. The Board makes the following findings about this RICD: 1. The nature and extent of the ISF water rights do not serve as a basis to recommend denial of the RICD application; There is an ISF water right held by the CWCB for 55 (May I-July 31) and 52 (August I-September 30), and 50 cfs (October I-April 30), but these water rights do not serve as a basis for denying the RICD application. The Board notes, however, that the RICD and the ISF water rights should not be stacked (or tabulated separately) as a matter of fact and law; Based on information provided by the Applicant, Trout Unlimited, and the DOW, the Board finds that the RICD would not negatively impact the natural environment for which the ISF was decreed as long as the Applicant includes the term and condition regarding ramping rates included in the Proposed Decree and as further clarified by the DOW that the ramping language should apply to all three holiday weekends, and as further described in the Recommendations section, below; and, The Board finds that the RICD could affect the natural environment that the ISF protects during the construction process, so the Board conditions this factor on the Applicant consulting with the DOW and the CWCB before and during the construction of the RICD structures to assure that the RICD construction will not injure the natural environment that the ISF protects. This condition is also described in the Recommendations section, below. 11. Ill. IV. e. The Board must consider whether the adjudication and administration of the RICD would promote maximum utilization of the waters of the State. The Board finds that the RICD may affect the timing, location, and manner in which the State of Colorado will be able to maximize beneficial use of Colorado's water resources, but with the mitigating terms and conditions, on balance, the RICD would promote maximum utilization of the waters of the State. The Board makes the following findings about this RICD: 3 . .