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<br />000777 <br /> <br />displays that can enhance educational efforts. The GIS department at NCWCD <br /> <br />can assist in this map analysis effort, <br /> <br />TASK 2 - Proiect Identification and Assistance <br /> <br />Through meetings and field trips, discussions with water users and water <br /> <br />administrators will identify potential projects and their envisioned benefits and <br /> <br />constraints. The lower South Platte River has recently become a focal area for <br /> <br />new water uses, There is a need for projects to protect and enhance current <br /> <br />uses as to meet new uses such as reflected by the current demands and <br /> <br />development around the City of Sterling. The Colorado Division of Wildlife <br /> <br />(CDOW) desires creating new and improved water related habitat for Colorado <br /> <br />wildlife, including species of concern like the Plains minnow, as well as <br /> <br />protecting existing habitat improvement projects in State Wildlife Areas. Existing <br /> <br />users of water in the lower river envision improved management to enhance <br /> <br />existing uses. Water is also needed to address federal requirements under the <br /> <br />Endangered Species Act. <br /> <br />Projects to be investigated for realizing these benefits include the development <br /> <br />of relatively inexpensive managed groundwater recharge projects whose source <br /> <br />of water would be existing ditch systems or groundwater wells located at the <br /> <br />river diverting during periods of surplus. Another possibility for development is <br /> <br />several potential small off-channel reservoir sites that exist in the lower end of <br /> <br />the river which could also yield water for various uses, In addition, an existing <br />