BOARD01980

• Board Meeting Date: 2/5/1982
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

MEMOMNDUM

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
J. William McDon,Jld
Director

TO: Members, CWCB

FROM: Bill McDonald, Director

DATE: January 28, 1982

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 14d, February 5, 1982, Board Meeting--
Request to Withdraw Board's Application to Appropriate
in Case Nos. W1295-77, W1323-77, W1333-77, W1340-77,
W1346-77, W1347-77, Water Division 6

The CWCB staff requests the Board's approval to withdraw
several applications which were filed on behalf of the Board for
instream flows in Water Division 6. This recommendation is the
result of staff review of additional data submitted by the
Division Engineer, Wes Signs, after these applications had
already been filed with the court. The Division of wildlife was
also consulted in this review.

The underlying reason for the staff recommendation to
withdraw the Board's applications in these cases is the lack of
available water to sustain the natural environment to a
reasonable degree.

The cases are as follows:

W1295-77 - Milk Creek

This appropriation was approved by the Board on November 15,
1977. The upstream point of the appropriation is from the
bridge on Yellow Jacket Pass Road to the bridge on Colorado
Highway 13 as the downstream terminus, this being a distance
of approximately 16 miles. The flow requested in the
original application was 8 cfs. It was determined that much
of ,the natural flow disaooears when the stream crosses a
porous geologic formatio~'in Section 36, Township 3N, Range
92W.

W1323-77 - North Fork Middle Creek

This appropriation, which was approved by the Board on
September 23, 1977, is from the headwaters to the confluence
of Middle Creek, a distance of approximately 4 miles. The
appropriation was for 1 cfs. It was determined that there
was no viable fishery and no flow much of the year.