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<br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />1. William McDonald <br />Director <br /> <br />TO: Members, CWCB <br /> <br />FROM: Bill McDonald, Director <br /> <br />DATE: January 28, 1982 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 14b, February 5, 1982, Board Meeting-- <br />Request for authorization to proceed to trial in Nos. <br />W-8060 and W-8061 (Division 1), Chief Creek and North <br />Fork Republican River, Yuma County <br /> <br />On September 10, 1975, the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />adopted recommendations for instream flow appropriations in Chief <br />Creek and in the North Fork Republican River. These <br />applications were filed in Division 1 Water Court on November 14, <br />1975. The water referee for D1vision 1 issued rulings in 1980 <br />recommending decrees as applied for by the Board. Central Yuma <br />County Groundwater Management District and Pioneer Irrigation <br />District filed protests to the referee's ruling. A pretrial <br />conference was held in November, 1981. Efforts were made to <br />negotiate a stipulation but no agreement could be reached with <br />either objector. Therefore, trial has been set for March 3, <br />1982. <br /> <br />Chief Creek and the N. Pork Republican River are located in <br />eastern Colorado in Yuma County. Appropriations were made for 4 <br />cfs on approximately 6 miles of Chief Creek and 9 cfs on <br />approximately 27 miles of the N. Fork Republican River. <br /> <br />Division of wildlife (DOW) and staff investigations have <br />shown that Chief Creek and the N. Fork Republican River sustain <br />the most diverse fish populations, inCluding trout stocked from <br />the wray Hatchery, of any streams on the eastern plains in <br />Colorado and that the riparian habitat along these streams <br />support many species of wildlife; such as deer, muskrat, water <br />fowl, raccoon, mink, pheasant, and song birds. Hydrologic <br />investigations, including sag tape measurements made by the DOW <br />and analyses of stream gaging records on both streams made by the <br />staff, indicate that there is sufficient water available in the <br />streams for appropriation. <br />