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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WATER AVAILABILITY <br /> <br />WEST FORK RED DIRT CREEK <br /> <br />~ <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />SYNTI-ETIC HYDROC.RAPH USI~ WRI 85-"l086 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />13 <br />12 <br /> <br />n <br />~ <br />u <br />v <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />,. <br />" <br />" <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />o <br />OCT ~v DEe JAN FE8 MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP <br /> <br />><>NT" <br />- ISF AKll.HT <br /> <br />Based on water availability, the winter instream flow amount <br />was reduced to 1 cfs for the months of August through October, and <br />0.5 cfs for the months of November through March. The original <br />recommendation was for a winter flow of 1 cfs from October through <br />March. The Division of Wildlife has made the determination that <br />0.5 cfs is the absolute minimum flow required for the survival of <br />the existing trout fishery. <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />* The DOW has documented that a natural environment is <br />present in the form of a naturally reproducing Cutthroat trout <br />fishery. <br /> <br />* The DOW has recommended that a flow of 2.5 cfs <br />summer and a split flow of 1.0 cfs and 0.5 cfs in the <br />is necessary to protect the natural environment <br />reasonable degree. <br /> <br />in the <br />winter <br />to a <br /> <br />* The CWCB staff has conducted a water availability analysis <br />and determined these amounts are avai lable for the Board's <br />appropriation. <br /> <br />* The CWCB staff has determined that adequate water supplies <br />exist such that the natural environment may be protected <br />without limiting or foreclosing the exercise of valid existing <br />water rights. <br />