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<br />\ -.' . <br />tY\ <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />1 . SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 <br /> <br />2. BACKGROUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 <br /> <br />3. FOREST SERVICE POLICY FOR PROTECTION OF WILDERNESS WATER RESOURCES........4 <br /> <br />4. ANALYSIS OF EFFECT OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND USE ON THE WATER <br />RESOURCES OF THE TWENTY-FOUR WILDERNESSES.................................5 <br /> <br />a. Analysis of Existing Water Rights.....................................6 <br /> <br />b. Analysis of Non-Federal Land Ownership Within and Above Wi1derness....8 <br /> <br />5. MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS FOR PROTECTION OF WILDERNESS WATER RESOURCES AND <br />THEIR SPECIFIC COLORADO APPLICATION...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 <br /> <br />a. Administrative Control...............................................11 <br /> <br />b. Appropriation of Water Rights Under State Water Law..................14 <br /> <br />c. Federal Reserved Water Rights....................................... .14 <br /> <br />d. Purchase or Exchange of Land or Water Rights.........................17 <br /> <br />e. Condemnation of Lands or WAter Rights......... ..... ....... .......... .18 <br /> <br />6. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.................................................... .18 <br /> <br />a. Availability of Funds................................................ 18 <br /> <br />b. Reserved Water Rights for Instream Flows Under the Authority of the <br />Organic Act of 1897................................................. .18 <br /> <br />c. Colorado Water Conservation Board Instream Flows and Lake Levels.....19 <br /> <br />APPENDIX I: STATE OF COLORADO WILDERNESS STATUS MAP <br /> <br />APPENDIX II: TABLE OF EXISTING CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS <br /> <br />APPENDIX III: ANALYSIS OF EXISTING WATER RIGHTS AND NON-FEDERAL LANDS <br />BY WILDERNESS <br /> <br />APPENDIX IV: INDIVIDUAL WILDERNESS AREA MAPS <br />