BOARD02085

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

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MORGAN COUNTY

Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and Division of Water Resonrces (DWR)
Peter Evans, CWCB Director Dick Stenzel, Division Engineer
1313 Sherman St., Room 721 800 8th Avenue, Suite 321
Denver, CO 80203 Greeley, CO 80631
[phone] [phone]

Morgan County is located in the South Platte River Basin and affected by the South Platte River Compact. The
county is covered by the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Species in the Platte River Basin, Part
of the KiowalBijou Designated Groundwater Basin is in this county,

In this county there are three loans from the CWCB Construction Fund, which were completed for a total of
$13,564,000,

Water Project Construction Loan Program - Completed Projects by CWCB through FY 1999
Proiect Name Amount Loaned
Fort Morgan Diversion Dam $ 19,000
Tremont Ditch Diversion Structure Rehabilitation 45,000
Southern Supply Line Extension 13,500,,000

A municipal grant has been issued through the Office of Water Conservation in the amount of$15,000 for a pilot
demonstration project to the town of Wiggins for meter installations and a water conservation plan,

This county has seven Designated Floodplain Studies affecting 39 stream reaches, This county received a
Presidential Disaster Declaration in August 1997 related to severe storms, flooding and flood damages in Weldona
and surrounding areas. They also participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, The county received a
$300,000 CDBG grant for a flood project in Weldona, Construction begins in 2000, This county was also selected
in a Project Impact Grant.

OTERO COUNTY

Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and Division of Water Resources (DWR)
Peter Evans, CWCB Director Steve Witte, Division Engineer
1313 Sherman St., Room 721 310 E. Abriendo, Suite B
Denver, CO 80203 Pueblo, CO 81004
[phone] [phone]

Otero County is located in the Arkansas River Basin and affected by the Arkansas River Compact. The county will
be affected by the outcome of the Kansas vs Colorado Compact litigation.

A municipal grant for a pilot demonstration project has been awarded through the Office of Water Conservation in
the amount of $25,000 to the city of La Junta for conversion of a park to xeriscape, The project has been completed,
The county has also participated in creating a water conservation plan,

This county has five Designated Floodplain Studies affecting 31 stream reaches, They also participate in the
National Flood Insurance Program, The county is currently cooperating with the CWCB on its Multi-Objective
Channel Restoration Study for the Arkansas River, Upstream of John Martin Dam to Pueblo has also received
funding from the CWCB from the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program for $100,000 to acquire and remove flood-
prone structures from the Arkansas River floodplain, North La Junta and other portions of the county were severely
flooded in May, 1999 as a result of heavy general rain in the Fountain Creek watershed and other tributaries, The
county received a Presidential Diater Declaration for Individual and Public Assistance, Mitigation grant monies

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