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<br />. <br /> <br />STATE ~F COLORf\DO <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />131 J Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) H66-3441 <br />FAX: (3031 866,4474 <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governol <br /> <br />August 4, 1997 <br /> <br />James $. Lochhead <br />Executive Director, DNR <br /> <br />Daries C. Lile, RE. <br />Direcfor, eWeB <br /> <br />Laurie Matthews, Director <br />Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation <br />13 13 Shennan Street, Room 618 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Ed Blank, Division Engineer <br />Water Division 6 <br />P,O, Box 773302 <br />Steam boat Springs, CO 80477 <br /> <br />Dear Ms, Matthews and Mr. Blank: <br /> <br />Pursuant to the Steamboat Water Lease (attached) and in response to the attached letter which I <br />received from George Smith of the U,S, Fish and Wildlife Service, the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />(CWCB) formally requests that the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation make a release of <br />2000 acre feet of water from Steamboat Lake, The releases are requested in the following pattern: <br /> <br />August 18 to August 24 <br />August 25 to August 31 <br />September I to September 6 <br /> <br />100 cfs <br />25 cfs <br />25 cfs <br /> <br />As indicated in Mr, Smith's letter, the U,S. Fish and Wildlife Service would like to have the water available <br />in the Yampa River canyon by the afternoon on August 18, Please consider this request in determining the <br />most appropriate time to initiate the reservoir release, <br /> <br />Also, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the Steamboat Water Lease, the CWCB requests administration of <br />the released water to and through occupied habitat from the confluence of the Yampa River and Elkhead <br />Creek to Dinosaur National Monument, <br /> <br />Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have questions or comments, please do not <br />hesitate to call me, <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br />Daries C, Lile, Director <br /> <br />attachments <br />cc: Paul Flack, Division of Parks <br />Dennis Scheiwe, Division of Parks <br />Ray Tenney, Colorado River Water Conservation District <br />George Smith, U,S, Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />~ tic,., ,_,. ijf-., -.~ <br />