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<br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br />to over-winter, It will also provide in excess of 50 percent wetted perimeter, allowing the <br />macroinvertebrate food supply to be maintained for the fish population. <br /> <br />Relationship to Management Plans. The Glenwood Springs Resource Management Plan <br />specifies that BLM will closely monitor Butler Creek to insure that the fishery is maintained in <br />stable condition. BLM monitoring efforts over the last decade have concluded that habitat <br />limitations in the stream are mostly related to large flow events rather than management of <br />grazing and other uses in the creek corridor. The BLM is very interested in protecting stream <br />flows because Butler Creek is one ofthe few creeks in the Rifle area managed by BLM that is <br />capable of supporting a salmonid fishery. <br /> <br />The BLM requests that the Board recognize that this recommendation is based only upon the <br />minimum flows necessary to support cold-water fishery values. BLM may wish to work with the <br />Board and/or through the Colorado water rights system to appropriate flows to optimally protect <br />fish values and to protect other water-dependent values specified in BLM Resource Management <br />Plans. <br /> <br />Data sheets, R2Cross output, fishery survey information, and photographs of the cross section are <br />enclosed to support this recommendation. We thank both the Division of Wildlife and the Water <br />Conservation Board for their cooperation in this effort. <br /> <br />If you have any questions regarding our instream flow recommendation, please contact Roy Smith <br />at 303-239-3940. <br /> <br />Sincerely, ~~ <br /> <br />c:3~ -L ~ <br /> <br />James E. May <br />Acting Deputy State Director <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />4 Enclosures <br />I-Data Sheets <br />2-R2Cross Output <br />3-Fishery Survey Information <br />4-Photographs <br /> <br />cc: Jamie Connell, Glenwood Springs Field Office <br />Mike McGuire, Glenwood Springs Field Office <br />