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<br />Oould.r, Colorado 80302
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<br />AP1l1ic,Ult ill the abovtecaptioned malter, Three forks Ranch Corporatio.Jl (the "Ranch"),
<br />alld Opposer, llw Colorado Water Consetva(ioll Board (lh~ "CWeD"), hert~by slipulate and agr-,e
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<br />1, 1 he Ha,neh has cOllslmcled a s~ries of pOllrlS and restored to a lli'ltul'al conditioll
<br />OWl 14 miles orlhe mail1 sf'Olll and the Middle, Notih, Olld Sou.ill Foj'ks ofthl:
<br />Littlo Snake RivlJr,
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<br />2. Ih.. Up\1er Meadow P'lI1ds Ditch diverts waler from the Midclle Fork and COl1veys
<br />it through t-1 ~eries ofsmalliishery ponds calle(l the Upper Meadow Ponds. These
<br />ponds Qre similar to mllllnll beaver Jlonds, TIle llOllds are lypically 4-7 feet in
<br />depth and were desiglil~d specifically (0 improve the cold water fishery by
<br />provld-lll,\l: additiol1a1 depth and winter holdiJlg capacity fol' fish. Water Ii'MIl thl:
<br />Middlo fOl'k flow$ltllo the poltds "ja the ditoh aud back illlo tho mail, slem ofthe
<br />Little Snake,
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<br />3. The Pollltofdiversion of the tipper Meadow Fonds Ditch is on the Middle fork
<br />of the Litlle Snake Rivet a11pro,.:hnalely 8.50 feet upstream of the confluence with
<br />the North Fork oflhe Liltle SMke River. This 850 reach of the Middle Fork is
<br />hcr"afler retimcd io as the "Subject Reach." With tile exceplion of a small
<br />11I110unt of udrlirfollal evaporation loss, th,~ <iivcrsiol1Is ~}ssentially nOI1-
<br />consulllpt.ivo, with nearly all ofthe diverted water ret1lming to the stream at a
<br />point aholl/1,900 teet (0.35 mile) dOWtlstream from 1,l1e polnt of diver.ioll, or
<br />aprtllJdmately 1,050 feet below the confluence with the NOrth Fork Of the J,illlll
<br />Snake River,
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<br />4. Witl1illt!le Subject Reach, the ltencb Itas illSlaUed seveu rock stnIcturos (two
<br />crass-vanes and five "I-Hook" vanes), together Willl ralldomly placed rock, all of
<br />which were specifically dc&igned to crcate fish 11abitat, 1he mah1 chatmel of tho
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