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<br />. 3,5 cubie feet per second is reeommended for the winter flow, This flow is required to maintain <br />two of the three prineipal hydraulie criteria of average depth, average veloeity and pereent wetted <br />perimeter. <br /> <br />The CDOW is forwarding this stream flow reeommendation to the CWCS to meet the State of Colorado's <br />poliey"", that the wildlife and their environment are to be protected, preserved, enhaneed, and managed for <br />the use, benefit, and enjoyment of the people of this state and its visitors,.. and that, to earry out such <br />program and poliey, there shall be a continuous operation of planning, aequisition, and development of <br />wildlife habitats and facilities for wildlife-related opportunities" C,R.S, 33-1-101 (1), The CDOW Strategic <br />Plan states "Healthy aquatie environments are essential to maintain healthy and viable fisheries, and critical <br />for self-sustaining populations, The Division desires to proteet and enhanee the quality and quantity of <br />aquatie habitats," <br /> <br />Please find attaehed, eopies of the field data sheets, the R2CROSS modeling runs, fishery survey <br />information and stream photographs, If you have any questions regarding the attaehed information or the <br />Instream flow recommendations, please feel free to contact me at (303)-291-7267, <br /> <br />;j/ <br /> <br /> <br />Mark Uppendahl <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />Instream Flow Program Coordinator <br /> <br />Cc: Jay Skinner, CDOW Water Unit Program Manager <br />Sherman Hebein, CDOW Senior Fish Biologist - West Regions - w/o attachments <br />Dan Kowalski, CDOW Aquatic Biologist - w/o attachments <br />Kelly Crane, CDOW DWM Area 18 - w/o attachments <br />