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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />Bill Owens, Governor
<br />, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
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<br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE
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<br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
<br />Jo~n W. Mumma, Director
<br />6060 Broadway
<br />,.... ~_ Denver, Colorado 80216
<br />~ Telephone, (303) 297-1192
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<br />For Wildlife-
<br />For People
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<br />TO:
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<br />Members, Colorado Wildlife Commission
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<br />DATE:
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<br />3 March 2000
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<br />SUBJ:
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<br />Instream Flow Program Priorities and Work Plan
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<br />Introduction
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<br />On 24 February 2000, the Colorado Water Conservation Board hosted a half-day workshop to discuss
<br />the issues surrounding the appropriation of instream flow and natural lake level water rights and the
<br />planning and priority setting procedures for the collection of field data to support those appropriations,
<br />Recall that these subjects were briefly discussed with the Wildlife Commission at their December 1999
<br />workshop, Division staff presented our priority areas for appropriation in 2001 as well as our priority
<br />. areas for data collection, Other agencies (BLM, Forest Service, and Division of Parks and Outdoor
<br />Recreation) also presented their priorities; presentations were also made by local goverrunents,
<br />envirorunental organizations, and members of the general public, These presentations were followed,
<br />by an open discussion with the CWCB members in attendance regarding all of the priorities and issues
<br />brought to light by the presentations, The bulk of this discussion centered around the reality that with
<br />limited staff time and resources some hard choices have to be made regarding where the ISF Program
<br />will be going in the next two or three years, There was general agreement among the CWCB members
<br />that the priority areas for CWCB action and agency data collection should be in areas where: (1)
<br />threatened, endangered, sensitive, unique, or native species are in need of water right protection, (2)
<br />streams flow through Colorado State Parks, or (3) a strong public interest has been expressed in support
<br />of an instream flow action,
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<br />Division staff is of the opinion that the following discussion of the Division's priorities is consistent with
<br />those opinions expressed by the CWCB at their workshop,
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<br />2001 Adjudication Cycle Priorities
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<br />The ISF Program Rules require that ISF appropriations follow a rigid annual adjudication schedule that
<br />is initiated every January, The rules also require the CWCB staff to identify, in consultation with the
<br />recommending agencies, the stream segments that might be considered in the next annual cycle, The
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Greg Walcher, Executive Director
<br />WilDLIFE COMMISSION, Chuck lewis, Chairman. Mark leValley, Vice-Chairman. Bernard L. Black Jr., Secretary
<br />Rick Enstrom, Member ",Philip James Member" Marianna Raftopoulos, Member
<br />Arnold Salazar, Member. Bob Shoemaker, Member" Greg Walcher, Non-Voting Member. Don Ament, NonNoting Member
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