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. "~ _ ~_~~..i~~.i..o::..~:~';...~"____._ .........:. . ,--......, RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the general assembly has recognized that the construction, operation, and maintenance of water diversion , delivery, or storage facilities can adversely impact fish and wildlife resources; WHEREAS, in recognition of these impacts, the general assembly passed House Bill 87-1158, which provides that these impacts be reasonably mitigated and establishes grants to accomplish the mitigation; WH~S, all applicants for a water diversion, delivery, or storage facility are required, pursuant to 37-60-122.2, C.R.S. (House Bill 87-1158), to submit a mitigation proposal to the Wildlife Commission for its evaluation and submittal to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for adoption as the official state position on mitigation. WH~S, the Colorado River Water Conservation District has applied for approval to construct, operate and maintain the Muddy Creek Reservoir and has submitted a plan to mitigate the impacts of the construction, operation and maintenance of the Muddy Creek Reservoir, THE MITIGATION PLAN FOR THE MUDDY CREEK RESERVOIR PROJECT '(January 1990, revised March 1991) as prepared by BIO/WEST, Inc. and Resource Consultants, Inc., a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, to the Wildlife Commission; <-WH~S, the Division of Wildlife, as staff to the Wildlife Commission, has reviewed the plan and finds that the plan reasonably mitigates the impacts from the construction, operation, ,and maintenance of the Muddy Creek Reservoir with the exception that haystacks will not be used to draw big game to mitigation areas or away from the reservoir; and WH~S, the Colorado River Water Conservation District anticipates applying to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for a grant to cover some of the costs of mitigating the impacts, both pr.esent and future, of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the Muddy Creek Reservoir, except for those mitigation measures pertaining to the Ousterhout's Milkvetch which the Colorado River Water Conservation District has agreed will be funded solely through its own resources. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the wildlife Commission submits the following measures to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for adoption as the State of Colorado's official position on mitigation of the Muddy Creek Reservoir project: OFFICIAL STATE POSITION ON MITIGATION PLAN Mitigation of the Muddy Creek Reservoir project shall include those measures contained within the MITIGATION PLAN FOR THE MUDDY CREEK RESERVOIR PEROJECT;