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<br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />The purpose of the South Platte Protection Plan is to protect those river-related values <br />[outstandingly remarkable values ("ORVs")] identified by the USFS, These values are <br />historic cultural resources, fisheries, geologic, recreational, scenic, and wildlife, The <br />Proposal also recognizes that the Colorado Front Range communities rely heavily upon the <br />South Platte for drinking water supply and other municipal and industrial uses that <br />agriculture throughout northeastern Colorado depends heavily on South Platte flows, and <br />river values must be protected in the context of preserving these functions as well. We <br />believe that the interests of all these communities can be maintained through common <br />dialogue toward an approach in which the many values on the river -- habitat, ecosystem, <br />and human-based -- can all be addressed in coordination and balance with one another, It <br />is this mutual respect for the many important uses that is central to the South Platte <br />Protection Plan, <br /> <br />OUTLINE <br /> <br />The South Platte Protection Plan consists of the eight actions set forth below, (These are <br />also summarized in the maps on pages 3 and 4. <br /> <br />1. Protect canyons. A commitment not to build any water works facilities in Cheesman <br />Canyon and Elevenmile Canyon, <br /> <br />2, Flow Management Plan, More fully described in Attachment B consisting of: <br /> <br />· Temperature goals through management of top and bottom releases from <br />reservoirs, <br /> <br />. Minimum streamflows. <br /> <br />· Ramping (changing gradually) outflow changes from storage. <br /> <br />. New valves, monitors, gages. <br /> <br />· Coordination with DOW re channel work on North Fork. <br /> <br />. Public input to annual operating plans. <br /> <br />. Consideration of whitewater and fisheries in Roberts Tunnel discharges, within the <br />limitations described in the Flow Plan, <br /> <br />3, Recreation, Wildlife, Scenery and Other Values, (More fully described in Attachment C), <br />A management partnership between Colorado State Parks and the U,S. Forest Service is <br />proposed, all the way from Elevenmile Reservoir to Chatfield Reservoir, Until the <br />partnership is in place, portions of the area would be cooperatively managed by the Forest <br />Service, Denver Water, Jefferson County and Douglas County, The proposal also includes <br /> <br />2 <br />