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' ' T^later Rights Conditional water rights for the Yamcolo Reservoir have been obtained by the Colorado River Nater Conservation Dis- ' trict in Civil Action No. 3538 in the District Court for Routt County as follows: t For storage in the proqosed Yamcolo Reservoir - 6531.9 acre-feet ' LJ t 1 fl 1 1 ' 1 1 L� ' ' 1 For direct flow diversion from the Yamna P.iver - 69.17 cfs For direct flow diversion from Coal Creek to Yamcolo Reservoir- 30.0 cfs The above decree was entered in the District Court idarch 30, 1964 with an appropriation date of February 26, 1963. The Board of Directors of the Colorado River �vater Conservation District is prepared to assign these water rights to the Upper Yamoa FVater Conservancy District without cost as soon as they are prepared to proceed with construction of the Yamcolo Reservoir and Coal Creek Feeder Canal. In addition the Board will probably be willing to transfer a portion of their storage decree in Pleasant Valley P.eservoir to Yamcolo if and when it is required. The Yamcolo rights are junior in nriority to a number of other conditional decrees in the Yampa Valley, including those of the Four Counties Water Users Association for diversion of tributaries of the Yampa over Rabbit Ears Pass, and storage rights held by the Colorado River [�ater Conservation District ior Bear, and Juniper Reservoirs. With regard to the Four Counties rights, senior decrees on the tributaries themselves (i.e. Harrison, Walton and Fish Creeks) will nearly always call out Four Counties before a call cones on the main stem of the Yampa. �aith regard to other main stem storage decrees held by the River District, their sole ourpose is to provide for dev- elopment of water resources in the basin as a whole, and such stipulations of priority or transfer as are necessary to pro- tect the water resources of the basin will be made by the River District at the anpropriate time. IV - 13 '