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<br /> <br />LI (1) ~j'j i <br /> <br />permanent dedication of 10,825 acre-feeUyear Irom Colorado Water Division Number 5 <br />facilltres will be delivered and protected to the 15.mile reach durinq the late summer <br />. , ,'-.'" "."'.""-',.,.. '-- -"---"'" ". <br />period, Memoranda of Aoreement (MOA) with the Colorado River Water Districl <br />CCRWCDl and Denver Water were e~ecuted in 2000 for the delivery.of 5,4J2 acre.fe6i <br />of water from Wolford Mountain and Williams Fork. reservoirs: These agreements will <br />accommodate environmental commitments agreed to by Reclamation in the <br />Environmental Impact Statement on Round II sales and any constraints 01 the <br />reservoir'sauthonzing legislalion, Conc"~~p-!'lyment-of-Ru-edi COr,$11'Uet1On <br />co,b-to R"Cl!ttl"l/tlIOn'-rem6m--lt~u-e-to--be-r",,,vl.~J' Addilional water is being <br />prOVided through an MOA WIth !he Colomdo R,tel'W8-lc, Co, ,!eN'/l'ho"-~lriet CR~O <br />for delivery of up to 6.000 acre.feet of water Irom Wolford Mountain Reservoir. <br /> <br />- ...- <br />1,11.J.9.~-?...CCl!orado filed an application in State water court for a 581 cubic.feet per <br />sewnd (cIs) IOstream_flow fight 10 the 15.mlle reach for the months of July. August. and <br />September A flOal decree was issued in 1997. Colorado filed for a jUnlOf <br />instream-now right for the IS-M,le Reach In December 1995. which was opposed in <br />StatewalerCOurt <br /> <br />- . <br />As a result of concerns expressed by the Service and other Recovery Program <br />participants. the CWCB withdrew the baseflow and recovery flow instream-flow filings <br />on the Colorado and Yampa nvers, With the recent approval of the Pl'OQl'I'lmmtt!le <br />' ""...r-<-', <br />Biologl,C!lI,.9.Ol~ E'BO for the upper Colorado Rlv~r,!loo..e uPSlreaftl,of the Gunnison <br />River confluence. Ihe-€otor~ivISIO" 01 Wi\dIffe CDOW staN has been instructed to <br />develop new flow recommendahons The current methodology for instream..:~.2:~Jili.~s <br />Q1iiV not apply to warm-water rivers, Based upon these developments. the Recovery <br />~rografl]:s Management Commrllee has agreed that the need for further instream.flow <br />filings will be evaluated every 5 years <br /> <br />Beginning in 2005. the Recovery Program and CWCB will review the CDQWs new flow <br />recommendations and the performance progress 01 the PBO, On complelion of thIS <br />review. a determmation Will be lherri)e made regarding the r.(.~d fa, Instream-flow <br />protection needs for the endangered lishes, Dunng the fourth year (2004) 01 the first 5- <br />year period. the Recovery Progrem and CWCB Will develop a process for assessing the <br />" <br />need for further mSlream-fJow protection for the endangered fishes <br /> <br />Flow protection for the Colorado RIVer below dow'/!\"Streamrroni the confluence 01 the <br />~\!.I:mlsorl~Rlver will be addressed fOllowing completion of the Biological Opinion on <br />rcoperallon 01 the Aspinall r-"ojcct Unilln 200e~ <br /> <br />Olher p,(lmls<ng sources of water for the 15-mile reach bemg~e<:I include tllrlil"lng <br />Wl'lier- !'h..d _1I,." 'I!' e ef"eierrlfy.".,~ml'l9<ng,Wltter-m-lhe go ,<'.mlTtt:l"ll-opel"ltte<:l <br />constructIon of the Grand Valley 11'1'~/Jt1On-3~lcm. In I'lddtllon. n"cI<lfTIa!totti'I81l <br />..,.-._.-...., '., <br />tnltlllled--WaterManagement Project and COO,d,Mted operation 01 Federal and private <br />projects (Co I", Ildv-GIg T~ofTIp~"" r, uJe'b:-Breen---/\iotml/Jt~edl, WIII;"m! r ",iI. etei <br />irt in..-treltdwl'tlef-me~ the- Colo. /Ida R~lO--h~ me..l.th-..--flow needs of-the'f~. A <br />study 01 oploons for providino additlQnalwater primarily for to augm'lint spring peak flows <br />.,.. -" .. "~"". '" <br />h/Js-been-irHIt8led will be,completed in 2002 <br /> <br />19 <br />