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<br />- <br />~ ~.:~}-~:'~;" -. -.-~~--'" '~~ ':?'~~~n~d?;~jG-~~~~~~R{ti~?~:t~~~~:;f:~;';X~Ytz;,~:':.~~~~~\~f~~;~:~s'~~~~~.~r-~- '" ", :T:~~~:'<:::~E~~':;~'~~~~~J~_,;':: <br />NORTHERN 'COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRIcr ~ '. <br />I . . r - ., .... .., ~"-. - " ~- s- >'''''. _ . <br />~:p.o, Bax 679 Liw.u;,i Col.,;,oo 80539-0679' 1250 North WUsoo Lovdmd, Colorndo 80537, ' <br /> <br />': '_:<O>:l~-,f;:;::i:02~]:f}t~:~j~~~~7;:~~2~~':_F'tgZO),6tr907: '. ':- RECEIVED : <br />JUN 24 1998 <br /> <br />." <br />":' - .. <br /> <br />-~..... <br />--- <br /> <br />DIRECTORS <br /> <br />BOUlDER COUNIY <br /> <br />C.lttyoruMdl~ <br />Ln Wiw.-- <br />R.r.IrhWript <br />I.AA1MER COUNTY <br /> <br />M.uApPlqruc <br />w;m- H. ar- <br />M4zi"A.KlUwd <br />WELD COUNlY <br /> <br />w.m-E../J4IIJmUr <br />"'- ...- <br />J.., wm.. <br />WASHINGTON AND <br />MCRCAN COtlN'llES <br /> <br />,f <br /> <br />E.Lc-a. . . <br />LOGAN COUNTY . <br /> <br />......c...u.. <br /> <br />~CK~~umY <br />."""'J.... " <br />DlRfCTOR EMERItUS <br /> <br />w.o."", <br /> <br />OFFICERS <br /> <br />.-E........... <br />"""""" <br />E.L.""""- <br />V1<<Pn=idenc <br /> <br />EntWW.!1rituM. <br />S<a=y <br /> <br />o-a n ZiIll6d'-, <br />T_= <br />ChicfEngineer <br /> <br />LEGAL COUNSEL <br /> <br />Tl'OlItlrcIUlcy,P.C <br />177SShcflrWlSa<eet <br />Sui~ 1300 <br />D~rwet.Colo~80'203 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CONSULTANT <br /> <br />) R. Bmky <br /> <br />~.<y_tJ <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado War;,,;; <br />Conser'.!.:!:.:'::!n ECJfd <br /> <br />June 23, 1998 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Attention: Mr. Peter Evans, Acting Director <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO 80203-2279 <br /> <br />Dear Members of the Board: <br /> <br />The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (District) and Municipal <br />Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Subdistrict) appreciate <br />the opportunity to comment on the 1995 Colorado Water Conservation Board' ' <br />(Board) instream flow filings on theIS-Mile Reach of the Colorado River. We ,', <br />understand the Board will be considering how to proceed with these filings during its <br />July meeting in Telluride. ' <br /> <br />As you know, during the formulation of the Colorado River Recovery Program <br />(Program), tht:state successfully fought to get the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />(USFWS) to recognize that any water rights acquired by the Program for the fish <br />must be acquired and adjudicated under state law. This accomplishment, as well as <br />the recognition that the dual goals of the Program were to recover the four <br />endangered fish while allowing the state to fully develop its compact entitlements, <br />were both extremely important achievements by the state and the water users in <br />negotiating the basic parameters of the Program. <br /> <br />'We are concerned that the USFWS's support for acquiring water rights under state <br />law will be jeopardized ifthe Board's instream flow filings in the 15-Mile Reach are <br />withdrawn at this time. Such a move is not only premature, but unnecessary. As you <br />know, the state, along with water users, environmentalists, arid the USFWS are <br />exploring many different alternatives to ensure a permanent dedication of water to <br />the fish in the IS-Mile Reach. It would be unwise to limit the tools available to the <br />state to protect flows under state law by withdrawing the filings at this time. <br />