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O'3<~Sg~ '. Gunnison River Contract ScoDin. - SORTED Comments '00ffJ~;\: '., :.' 3a. CREDA; p4.'7. What is tbe basis for claim of "assured" "dependable water supplies" (page 16 of Public Information Packet) wben you state that the volume of in-flow to the Monument has not changed significantly (pages 13,14)7 3a. CRWCD; p2, '3. 4. This.scoping process has been noticed to the public and to state/local agencies as necessary prior to initiating negotiations on the contract referenced above. The contract must be limited to serving the legitimate needs of BCNM. While it is appropriate to consider the requests of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) for flows to augment endangered fish habitat on the lower Gunnison Rive during the process, it must be recognized that the amounts of water requested by NPS and FWS require separate and distinct justifications. 3a. CRWCD; p3,'2. 6. The water needs of BCNM must be stated with specificity. 3a. GREENO+; p4, '4. Issue B Wilderness Reserved Water Ri.ht - The 1933 reserved right for Monument purposes is reinforced and complemented by a 1976 reserved right for wilderness purposes.. Congress designaled most of the Monument (including tbe length. of the Gunnison River through tbe Monument) as a wilderness area wider t1ie terms of the Wilderness Act in 1976. Wilderness Act purposes include preservation of naturalness, solitude, and opportunities for primitive recreation as well as scientific, scenic, and other supplemental values. Satisfaction of the wilderness reserved water precludes any post-1976 water applications (e.g., AB Lateral) that would divert substantial quantities of water upstream from the Monument or that would impair high spring/summer and low winter/fall flow regimes. 3a. GREENO + ; p4, '6. Issue C Protection of Monument Values - The federal government's .reserved water rights under the purposes of the Organic Act, the 1933 Proclamation, and the Wilderness Act are meant to protect specific environmental and social values... (;,:;;:;~:\ 3a. GREENO+; pS,'1. (Issue C. Protection of Monument Values. cont). ..Many of these protected values are listed on page \3 of the April 1992 Public Information Packet. They include: --vegetation in the canyon bottom --fisb and fish babitat --aquatic fauna otber than fish --wildlife (bigborn sbeep, river otter, beaver and other riparian species) -wilderness characteristics . --canyon bottom cbaracteristics (banks and beaches) --maintenance of stream channel and bottom characteristics --~ediment transport --removing signs of buman use and camp renewal eacb year within the designated wilderness -ooCaIlyon access and recreational opportunities --visual quality . --water quality --avian species (eagles, peregrines, waterfowl. etc.) 3a. GREENO+; p5.12. (Issue C. Protection of Monument Values, conL) The following values should be added to the list: --the sound of the river as heard by visitors on the canyon rim --suitability of the river for Wild River designation --archeology and other cultural resources --endangered species (including bald eagles that winter along the Gunnison river) " 7 '. :.'