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The Ground Water contract (HRS Water Consultants) is approximately 80 percent finished. Completed field investigations include the installation of 15 wells into the confined aquifer with accompanying pumping tests; documentation is available on the web site. Steady! state and average monthly ground water modeling . are mostly complete, with model development documentation available on the web. Major tasks remaining include (a) updating the hydrogeologic database and previous modeling with new aquifer parameter values and (b) implementation of a fully transient monthly model. San Juan and Dolores River Issues Navajo Reservoir Environmental Impact Statement: Staff has been participating with Reclamation and others as a cooperating agency in the preparation of this EIS. The purpose of this EIS is to allow Navajo , Reservoir to be re-operated in a manner that will meet the San Juan River Flow Recommendations, A meeting was held on November 2810 review the first preliminary draft of the EIS. The goal is release a draft EIS for public review and comment this summer. Completion ofthe EIS is required in order to satisfY the ALP environmental commitments, We also received a copy of the low flow report concerning the low flow tests conducted in July 2001, The report shows some minor shortages to 3 diversions caused by dropping the minimum release out of Navajo to 250 cfs, Also, the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a statement indicating that releases out of Navajo reservoir should be! limited to 5,000 cfs except during major flooding events, Yampa River ~asin Issues Elkhead & Yampa River Management Plan: Dan Birch reported that things went well at the Yampa Plan Scoping meetings held on November 27-29 in Steamboat Springs, Craig and Baggs, Wyoming. With respect to the proposed Elkhead enlargement, Lee Leavenworth (representing the City) and Dan (representing the CRWCD) met with the Craig City Council to discuss an intergovernmental agreement related to the enlargement. The discussion was reported to be successful. They plan to take an IGA to the City for its approval this winter. David Hallford and Dan!Birch have also met with the power interests that own Elkhead water and David Hallford is moving ahead with outlining an agreement with them. . We have also completed a fact sheet regarding the implementation of the Yampa Plan, We have included a copy in your notebook. Others may find the fact sheet on'our web site, The US Fish and Wildlife Service has also posted a copy of the Yampa Management Plan on the Internet. , Little Snake River Issues: Staff attended a meeting wit~ the Attorney General, State Engineer, Division Engineer and representatives of the 3-Forks Ranch, The 3-Forks Ranch representatives presented information concerning how the City of Cheyenne and the State of Wyoming are operating the Little Snake transmountain diversion project. The City of Cheyenne diverts water from the Little Snake River to the North Platte to replace transbasin diversions from the North Platte that are delivered to Cheyenne, Although there appears to be no violation on its face, we will be working with the Attorney General and State Engineer to further investigate the alleged violations, e Agency Updates Mailing List: We have converted to a largely email maillng list. Of the hundreds of hard copies of notices, agendas, memos and other documents we used to mail, alii but 22 individuals or entities will no receive these documents via email. The remaining 22 will still receive their information via "snail mail." If you want to be on our mailing list (email or otherwise, please contact us). DSS Annual Report: A copy of the first annual report prepared to document the status ofCDSS development as well as operation and maintenance activities is included in your notebook. The report is also .. available on our web site. _ 14