BOARD02085

• Board Meeting Date: 3/20/2000
• Description: Division of Wildlife 1999 Annual Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Instream Flow Water Rights appropriated exclusively in this county total 55 miles and seven stream segments.

Note: In reference to Instrearn Flow Water Rights, infonnation listed above may not be inclusive of all water rigbts
in a given county, since a stream segment may start in One county and end in another.

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This county bas five Designated Floodplain Studies affecting ten stream reaches. They also participate in the
National Flood Insurance Program. One new floodplain study is underway in Cortez, and a FEMA map revision has
been requested.

MONTROSE COUNTY

Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and Division of Water Resonrces (DWR)
Peter Evans, CWCB Director Wayne Schieldt
I3I3 Sherman St., Room 721 1540 East Niagra
Denver, CO 80203 P,O. Box 456
[phone] Montrose, CO 81401
(970) 249-622

Montrose County is located in the Gunnison and Dolores River Basins and affected by the Colorado and Upper
Colorado River Compacts, The county is eovered by the Colorado River Decision Support System (CRDSS), the
Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the
Colorado River Salinity Control Program. It is also affected by the National Park Service reserve water right for tbe
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument and operation of the Aspinall units, The Aspinall Unit is
currently undergoing Section 7 consultation pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. Other major water projects
include the Uncompahgre Project and the proposed AB Lateral Hydropower Project and the Dallas Creek Project.

In this county there are two loans from the CWCB Construction Fund which were completed for a total of
$250,000,

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Water Project Construction Loan Program - Completed Projects by CWCB through FY 1999
Proiect Name Amount Loaned
Buckeye Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation $ 100,000
BuckeyeReservoir 150,000

Two grants have been issued through the Office of Water Conservation, A municipal grant in the amount of
$40,400 for a pilot demonstration project to the town ofNucla for installation of meters for the residential treated
water; and an agricultural grant in the amount of $100,000 to the town ofNucla for a non-potable irrigation project,
Both of these projects have been completed, The county has also participated in creating a water conservation plan,

Instream Flow Water Rights appropriated exclusively in this county total 25 miles and seven stream segments, Staff
is currently working on 1998 Instream Flow Appropriations in this county,

Note: In reference to Instrearn Flow Water Rights, infonnation listed above may not be inclusive of all water rights
in a given county since a stream segment may start in One county and end in another.

This county has six Designated Floodplain Studies affecting 18 stream reaches, They also participate in the
National Flood Insurance Program, The County is cunently working with the CWCB and U.S, Anny Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District, to revise the Uncompahgre River floodplain maps,

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