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<br />'--!'~1 ~s' <br />..... " ,-t~F. <br />. <br />.. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />== <br /> <br />,-.. <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />"....8 "0';- <br /> <br /> <br />00'991 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />Prellalnary strategy for Wl1derne33 Water Rights Quantltieati <br />L <br />E <br /> <br />The July 24, 1991 aarkup of the Colorado Wl1derne$$ Act or 1991 includes <br />folloNlng language: <br /> <br />ft(c) PIedra Vl1derne33.--!he Secretary shall enter into an agrG9~ent <br />wIth the Colorado Vater Conservation Board to protect and enforce <br />IMtreall flow r111nS3 establIshed pursuant to the provialoM of <br />.ection 31-92-102(3) of the Colorado Revi.ed statute. by the Water <br />Court of Water Divi3ion 7 or the State ot Colorado, and neither the <br />United States nor any other person shall assert any rights tor water <br />In the Piedra RIver ror wilderness purposes elcept those established <br />pur.uant to the provl.ions of .ection 37-92-102(3) of the Colorado <br />Revised Statutes by the Water Court of Water Divl:don 7 ot the State <br />ot Colorado." <br /> <br />The prel1mlnary plan Is to quantity an pounl;. ot wat.er that wUl be <br />satisfactory to the State or Colorado and U. S. Forest service. The water <br />right will be vested In the name of the State. The aIIouot to be quantified <br />will be somewhere between all of the unappropriated water and nothing. There <br />wIll be no federally re~erved water right. <br /> <br />on August 22, 1991 the Inter-Agency team Bet In Durango to di~cuss the <br />process to be used in quantIfying the flows necessary to .eet the intent or the <br />1991 bill. Those In attendance were: <br /> <br />FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES <br /> <br />Vern Schmitt <br /> <br />Teall Co-Leader <br /> <br />David Wheeler <br /> <br />Regional Ecologist <br /> <br />MIke Johnson <br /> <br />Pine District Ranger, representing the <br />Forest Supervisor <br /> <br />Bob Lillie <br /> <br />Watershed Start Officer, San Juan <br />National Fore3t <br /> <br />Katherine Foster <br /> <br />San Juan N. F. Hydrologist <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORAOO EMPLOYEES <br /> <br />Dan Merrlaan <br /> <br />Teu Co-Leader <br /> <br />Hike Japhet <br /> <br />Southwest RegIonal risheries Biologist <br /> <br />H.ike Reid <br /> <br />DIstrIct Wildlife Manager, pagosa <br />Sprlng.> <br /> <br />Wildlife BiologIst (specializing In <br />I"'iyer otter) <br /> <br />Toll. Beck <br />