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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Preface <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board has prepared a Floodplain Information Report for the <br />Gunnison River subbasin of the Upper Colorado River Basin. The Board has also prepared <br />similar reports for three other subbasins: the Yampa River (from Craig, Colorado downstream <br />to Dinosaur National Monument); the White River (from Rio Blanco Lake downstream to the <br />Utah stateline); and the Colorado River mainstem (from Rifle, Colorado downstream to the Utah <br />stateline). Figure 1 on the next page shows the four stream reaches of critical habitat in th~ <br />upper Colorado River Basin. Each of these reports has been prepared to provide local officials <br />with the most current approximate floodplain information, to assist them in their local floodplain <br />management programs. <br /> <br />This Floodplain Information Report presents the resultS of a study for the delineation of the 50- <br />year and I DO-year floodplains on the reach of the Gunnison River from Delta, Colorado <br />downstream to the confluence with the Colorado River. It is intended to assist the City of Delta, <br />Delta County, the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County. <br /> <br />While the report has been prepared with local floodplain management needs in mind, the CWCB <br />is aware that this reach of the Gunnison River has been designated as critical habitat for <br />endangered fish by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). The Service may choose to <br />utilize some of the information in this report for Endangered Species purposes, but the CWCB <br />neither endorses nor objects to such utilization. The CWCB has endorsed this report for <br />floodplain management purposes only, <br />