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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone, (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />To: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />From: Dan Merriman <br />Mark Uppendahl <br /> <br />Date: January 13, 2004 <br /> <br />Re: Agenda Item 19, January 27-28, 2004, Board Meeting - <br />Stream and Lake Protection - Instream Flow Appropriations <br /> <br />GENERAL BACKGROUND <br /> <br />As per Rule 5d. of the Instream Flow Rules, adopted by the Board, the attached stream segments are <br />being recommended to the Board for Board action. Staff is requesting the Board declare its intent to <br />appropriate the recommended instream flows. CWCB staff has reviewed each proposed stream <br />segment to ensure each flow recommendation and data set was complete and standard methods and <br />procedures were followed. In addition, staff has completed its map work and initial water <br />availability studies. <br /> <br />Staff has identified 11 stream segments in Water Division 2 and 8 stream segments in Water <br />Division 4 that are ready for the Board to declare its intent to appropriate. These segments are <br />located in Lake, Chaffee, Park, Fremont, Delta, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray and Gunnison Counties. <br />Some stream segments noticed on the November 2003, Agenda were withdrawn from instream flow <br />consideration at this time, due to field data or water availability concerns (i.e. Echo Canyon and <br />Escalante Creeks, South Fork Middle Fork South Arkansas River and Indiana Gulch). <br /> <br />TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS <br /> <br />The executive summary reports of technical data, contained in the Instream Flow Recommendation <br />Notebook, fonn the basis for the staff's recommendations. <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning <br />