FLOOD08745

• County: Statewide
• Community: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 12/1/1999
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Kistner and Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan -1999

3.2.1,2.5 Division of Wildlife
DOW Headquarters
6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216
(303)-297-1192
http://www.dow.state.co.us
The Division of Wildlife (DOW) owns and controls a
number of properties throughout the state, It has an
ongoing inspection and maintenance program for all of
its 74 lakes, 215 wildlife areas, and 14 fish hatcheries,
It has prepared an emergency action plan to be used in
case of dam failure, which considers four potenUal
flooding scenarios, The primary involvement of the
Division of Wildlife in floodplain management decisions
is in the administration and protection of wildlife habrtat
areas that happen to be in floodplains,

There are other cases where wildl~e values and
floodplain management values can coincide, In some
urban or urbanizing areas, protection of undeveloped
riparian lands for wildlife areas can also serve to
preserve those lands in their undeveloped state and
eliminate flood hazards by keeping out structures that
would be subject to such hazards. Obviously there
would still be a balance between preserving riparian
vegetation and maintaining adequate channel capacity,
but the opportunity exists to preserve the same area for
two purposes, Fountain Creek in Pueblo is an example,
One limitation on the Division of Wildlife's role is that
they have to justify the acquis~ion of lands on the basis
or current wildlife values, not potential values. Where
those current values indicate its appropriateness, the
division can act to work with communiUes on the
condemnation or other means of acquisition of
floodplains or on their management for wildlife values,

3.2.1,2.6 Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80202
[phone]
http://www.dnr.state.co/edo/parks.htm I
The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) is
concerned with flooding as it relates to successful
operation and reclamaUon of mining operaUons, The
interaction of the mining and reclamation operations
with surface drainage is considered during the review of
mine perm~ applicaUons, inspections of ongoing
operations, and evaluation of final reclamaUon, The
major floodplain problems and potential hazards
associated with mining are located primarily in urban
areas where gravel is mined along major drainages.
Adverse effects of mining on flooding occur less
frequently in rural and mountainous areas, due to the
sparse population. The DMG, however, is concerned
with the re-establishment of stable geomorphic
landfonns and drainage regimes in all areas of mining,

3.2.1.2.7 State Board of Land Commissioners
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80202
[phone]
http://www.dnr.state.co/edo/soil.htm I

The State Board of land Commissioners manages
three million acres of surface land and four million acres
of mineral rights that were given to Colorado at
statehood by the federal government. State trust lands
are leased for a variety of activities, including grazing
and crop production, mining, and oil and gas production,
and recreaUon, such as hunting, In 1996, board income
totaled around $23 million - most of which went to
support public education in Colorado.

The land board also leases some land in urban or
urbanizing areas, Clearty some of this land will include
floodplain areas, The most likely places for such
development will be the Front Range area and the
Western Slope energy and recreation development
areas, The leases on these properties are long-term
leases where homeowners would own their homes and
lease the land on which they sit.

3.2.1,3 Department of Local Affairs
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80202
[phone]
http://www.dola.state.co
The Executive Director's Office of the Department of
local Affairs (DOLA) provides budgetary and policy
direction and supervision to the various divisions and
operational units within the department.

3.2.1.3.1 Field Services
1313 Shennan Street
Denver, CO 80202
[phone]
http://www.dola.state.co
Field Services coordinates the work of the DOLA field
representatives and administers five programs. The field
representatives work with local clients to identify their
needs; develop response capacity; coordinate delivery
of department services, including financial assistance
program services; provide follow-up with evaluation of
services and project effectiveness; and serve as
advocates for both local government clients and for
department agencies, Primary clients include counUes,
municipalities and special districts, The following
programs may be used:

The Enerav/Mineral ImDact Assistance Prooram
provides grants and loans for planning, construction,
and maintenance of public facilities and the provision of
public services. Eligible recipients are municipalities,
counties, school districts, special districts, and other
poliUcal subdivisions socially or economically impacted
by the development, processing, or energy conversion

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