BOARD02479

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: CF Section - Four Seasons Trout Farm Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Four Seasons Trout Farm
March 21-22, 2002

Agenda Item

Feasibilitv Studies
McMillon Engineering of Ridgway has completed pia
plans were independently evaluated by Norm Erthal 0
to be adequate in terms of constructability and main
whirling disease. A draft feasibility study has been c
with CWCB guidelines and includes an assessment
the Four Season Trout Farm hatchery.

The Four Seasons Trout Farm
The Four Seasons Trout Farm is a commercial fish
Niblack, and registered with the Colorado Secretary
owns the property that will be collateral for the ioan.
TABOR.

Water Riahts
The FSTF owns direct flow and storage water rights
the hatchery. These rights are tributary to Surface C
River. These rights are described in Table 1:

Table 1: Water rights owned by the

Priorit #
#L-15 Structure #L-13 Stora e
#L-16 Structure #L-13 Direct flow
#K-52 Structure #K-45 Direct flow, 1963
Totals
These water rights are non-consumptive and used f
,

Uses
Fish c
Fish c
Fish c

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Alternative 2, Reconstruction of the hatchery racel'{a
whirling disease from the facility. New concrete raqe
be easily and frequently cleaned to eliminate M. c~re
trout. However, additional work is needed to guard,a
Alternative 2 was not selected. Aiternative 3, Recon
predator control, and rehabilitation of the source ~a
($97,945 estimated) was the aiternative with the le,a
defense against recurrence of whirling disease. TMe
that it is protected from surface contamination tha~ m
control consists of screening to keep birds, racc09ns
hatchery raceways and/or eating the fish. These wild
of lost fish production, and are a possible source Of
considered the preferred alternative. The no-action
since it means the hatchery would be unable to ope

2:

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I'IS and specifications for the project. Those .
t the Coiorado Division of Wildlife and found
tenance required to avoid the recurrence of
~mpleted by John Van Sciver in accordance
.of alternatives available for rehabilitation of
hatchery owned and operated by John
bf State. The Company / John Niblack
Neither of these entities is subject to
from springs and coilection systems above
reek, which is tributary to the Gunnison
. Four Seasons Trout Farm
, Water Riaht
ulture 3.91 Acre-feet
ulture 2.00 cfs
ulture 3.00 cfs .
3.91 acre-feet I 5 cfs
or the purpose of raising fish.
udy:
7,000)
luding predator control, and rehabilitation of
ery building ($97,945)
ys ($67,000), is critical to elimination of
ways would be designed so that they can
bralis spores before they can infect the
gainst whirling disease, and for this reason
struction of the hatchery raceways inciuding
ter collection system and hatchery building
st overall cost that provided the best
source water system needs to be rebuilt so
ight include whirling disease. Predator
and other animals from entering the
animals cost the hatchery money in terms
M. cerebralis spores. This alternative is .
alternative was considered unacceptable
rate.