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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Stream Segment Summary: headwaters to confluence Lake Fork San Miguel <br /> <br />SeQment: headwaters to confluence Waterfall Creek <br /> <br />Upper Terminus: headwaters at <br />(Latitude: 370 51' 04) (Longitude: 107046' 58") <br />Lower Terminus: Waterfall Creek at <br />(Latitude 370 51' 24") (Longitude 1070 50' 05") <br />Counties: San Miguel <br />Length: 3.1 Miles <br />USGS Quad(s): Ophir <br />Flow Recommendation: 5.60 cfs (May 15th - Se~tember 14th) <br />1.50 cfs (September 15t - April 14th) <br /> <br />Seament: Waterfall Creek to inlet unnamed lake <br /> <br />Upper Terminus: Waterfall Creek at <br />(Latitude 370 51' 24") (Longitude 107050' 05") <br />Lower Terminus: inlet unnamed lake <br />(Latitude 370 51' 28") (Longitude 1070 51' 40") <br />Counties: San Miguel <br />Length: 1.5 Miles <br />USGS Quad(s): Ophir <br />Flow Recommendation: 8.30 cfs (May 15th - Se~tember 14th) <br />3.00 cfs (September 1St - April 14th) <br /> <br />SeQment: Inlet unnamed lake to Lake Fork San Miguel River <br />Upper Terminus: inlet unnamed lake <br />(Latitude 370 51' 28") (Longitude 1070 51' 40") <br />Lower Terminus: Lake Fork San Miguel River <br />(Latitude 370 51' 58") (Longitude 1070 53' 00") <br />Counties: San Miguel <br />Length: 1.4 Miles <br />USGS Quad(s): Ophir, Mount Wilson <br />Flow Recommendation: No ISF Recommendation/Water Availability Concerns <br /> <br />Summary <br />The information contained in this report and the associated instream flow file folder forms the <br />basis for staff's instream flow recommendation to be considered by the Board. It is staff's <br />opinion that the information contained in this report is sufficient to support the findings required <br />in Rule 5.40. <br /> <br />Colorado's Instream Flow Program was created in 1973 when the Colorado State Legislature <br />recognized "the need to correlate the activities of mankind with some reasonable preservation of <br />the natural environment" (see 37-92-102 (3) c.R.S.). The statute vests the CWCB with the <br />exclusive authority to appropriate and acquire instream flow and natural lake level water rights. <br />In order to encourage other entities to participate in Colorado's Instream Flow Program, the <br />statute directs the CWCB to request instream flow recommendations from other state and federal <br />agencies. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CD OW) recommended this segment of the <br />Howard's Fork of the San Miguel River to the CWCB for inclusion into the Instream Flow <br />Program. The Howard's Fork is being considered for inclusion into the Instream Flow Program <br /> <br />- 3 - <br />