Steamboat Lake water release requests

• Case Number: 95CW0150
• Stream Name: Yampa River
• Watershed: Yampa River
• Water Division: 6
• Water District: 58
• County: Moffat
• Instream Flow Acq - Doc Type: Contracts, MOA/MOU, Leases, Agreements

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HAROLD (HAL) D. SL'DSON
Acting State Engineer

OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES

1313 Sherman Street-Room 818
Denver. Colorado 80203
[phone]
FAX [303] 866-358e
July 10, 1992

RECEIVED
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OUT8()OA RECP.EA TION

Laurie Mathews, Director
Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
1313 Sherman Street, Rm. 618
Denver, CO 80203

Subject:

Steamboat Lake

Dear Laurie:

I will approve your request to release an additional 2,000 acre-feet of water (total of 4,000 acre-
feet) from Steamboat Lake for lease to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service subject to the same terms and
conditions as my previous letter of operation dated July 1, 1992. As you recall, those conditions were
as follows:

1. Releases of water shall be between the period of August and October of 1992 only in the
Yampa River between Hayden, Colorado, and the eastern boundary of Dinosaur National
Monument to enhance habitat conditions for the endangered fish in this reach of the river.

2. There will be no export of water, and the water is nOt needed in Colorado so there will
be no injury to other vested water rightS (Leo no call on the affected stream reach).

3. The Division of Parks will continue to obtain a change-of-use decree for Steamboat Lake
to include downstream piscatorial uses.

4. The water released will be assessed a transponation charge of 10 percent. Therefore. due
to the requested increase in the amount released, a total amount of water reaching Dinosaur
National Monument will be 3.600 acre-feet, assuming 4,000 acre-feet released.

Again, if you desire to operate this proposed plan next year and have not obtained Water Court
approval by that time, please submit a written request one month prior to the date that the operation is
expected to begin.

Sincerely,

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Hal Simpson,
Acting State Engineer

cc: Ed Blank. Division Engineer

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