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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
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<br />CONCERNING THE IN STREAM FLOW ApPROPRIATION FOR: HORSEFLY CREEK
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<br />IN MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO, WATER DIVISION No, 4, WATER DIST, 60
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<br />ATTORNEYS FOR CONTESTANT, ATTORNEYS FOR COLORADO WATER
<br />PACIFiC/DESERT, LLC: CONSERVATION BOARD:
<br />LORI J,M, SATTERFIELD, #23380 JOHN W. SUTHERS, ATTORNEY GENERAL
<br />MEGHAN WINOKUR, #35973 VIRGINIA BRANNON, #30346
<br />HOLLAND & HART LLP NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
<br />SECTION
<br />555 SEVENTEENTH ST., STE, 3200 1525 SHERMAN STREET, 5TH FLOOR
<br />DENVER, CO, 80202 DENVER, Co 80203
<br />TELEPHONE: 303-295-8282 TELEPHONE: 303-866-5118
<br />FACSIMILE: 303-672-6510 FACSIMILE: 303-866-3558
<br />E-MAIL: Ijsatterfield@hollandhart.com E-MAIL: GINNY.BRANNON@lSTATE.CO.US
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<br />NOTICE TO CONTEST AND NOTICE OF PARTY STATUS
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<br />Contestant, Pacific/Desert Partners, LLC ("Pacific/Desert"), through its
<br />undersigned counsel, and pursuant to Rule 5, I of the Rules Concerning the Colorado
<br />Instream Flow ("ISF") and Natural Lake Level Program, hereby provides Notice to
<br />Contest and Notice of Party Status regarding the ISF appropriation for Horsefly Creek,
<br />in Water Division 4, former Water District 60, Montrose County, Colorado,
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<br />I, Pacific/Desert owns property commonly known as Hideout Lake Ranch in
<br />the upper reaches of Horsefly Creek, Pacific/Desert owns adjudicated and
<br />unadjudicated water rights for Hideout Lake Ranch; the rights divert (or will divert)
<br />from tributaries of Horsefly Creek, and include, without limitation, the storage right for
<br />Paxton Reservoir, the fill rights associated with the reservoir, and several springs and
<br />wells. Pacific/Desert's water rights may be adversely affected by the ISF,
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<br />2, Pacific/Desert is contesting the ISF appropriation for 13.1 cfs (April I _
<br />June 5) on Horsefly Creek, in the segment which begins at the confluence of Sheep
<br />Creek and ends at the confluence with the San Miguel River.
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<br />3. Pacific/Desert has engaged the services of Pete Foster of Wright Water
<br />Engineers, Inc. to evaluate the data collected by the USGS stream gage for Maverick
<br />Draw near Norwood, CO (10 #09175400), to determine the applicability of this data to
<br />the Horsefly Creek drainage, and to provide additional information on available flows
<br />in Horsefly Creek, Upon information and belief, Pacific/Desert questions whether there
<br />are sufficient flows on Horsefly Creek to meet the ISF flow recommendation of 13.5
<br />cfs,
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