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<br />/5 <br /> <br />October 31, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />oM' <br /> <br />Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~~~- . "-. - .~-~ <br />__ 46no..'"\..~~.". ~_._ <br />~--...;"=-. -~-= <br />~ -- <br />,- ~ <br />- <br /> <br />Mr. Dan Merriman <br />lnstream Flow Protection Section <br />;'iJ1.ado Water Conservation Board <br />I Sherman Street, Room 715 <br />Denver, CO 8020~ <br /> <br />Re: Instream Flow Candidate Streams, Routt County <br /> <br />Dear Dan: <br /> <br />Tom Sharp, CWCB Board Member for the Yampa/White Basin, has provided to the <br />Upper Yampa District a notebook identifying candidate streams for consideration for new <br />appropriations for instream flow purposes. Among those identified streams are: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1. The Yampa River from the confluence of Chimney Creek and Bear River to the <br />inlet to Stagecoach Reservoir, pages 34 and 35; and <br /> <br />2, Morrison Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with the Yampa River, <br />pages 28 and 29. <br /> <br />The Upper Yampa District Board of Directors strongly opposes the appropriation of <br />any instream flow water right by the CWCB on the above two streams, <br /> <br />The District has constructed and owns storage rights on the upper Yampa River <br />(sometimes called the "Bear River"), in Yamcolo Reservoir, and on the Yampa River at <br />Stagecoach Reservoir. We operate an informal exchange of 4,000 AF of water from Yamcolo <br />Reservoir down to Stagecoach Reservoir, for power purposes, and exchange Stagecoach water <br />up to Yamcolo Reservoir fur irrigation purposes, deliverable to the Five Pine Mesa area via the <br />Stillwater Ditch under allotment contracts that have a limited term. Discussions have occurred <br />about the possibility of delivering the exchanged water through the Elkhead Reservoir <br />enlargement, which would alter the exchange, Discussions have also occurred regarding <br />delivery of additional Yamcolo Reservoir water to the town ofYampa for its future <br />development. <br /> <br />We have been actively engaged for a number of years in considering the enlargement of <br />Stagecoach Reservoir to store an additional approximate 5,000 AF of water, and/or to firm up <br />our existing water supply, by diversions either out of Morrison Creek or out of Trout Creek. <br />We hold an existing absolute year-round flow-of-the-river water right at Stagecoach Dam for <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mailing Address <br />P,O. Box 880339 <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80488-0339 <br /> <br />Location <br />Fish Creek Fi~ration Plant <br />3310 Clear Water Trail <br /> <br />Telephone <br />(970) 879-2424 <br />Fax (970) 879-8169 <br />