WSP00769

• File Number: 8210.766
• Description: Gunnison River General Publications - Correspondence - Reports - Etc
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 3/1/1993
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Scoping Report for the Gunnison River Contract - Analysis Notebook - Section II - Comments by Item Codes
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Gunnison River Contract Scooin. - SORTED Comments

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b. Have releases meet as many needs as possible.

33.

Don't pit Upper (Gunnison) Basin vs. Lower.

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8. 1. 34. Water for Monument and water for endangered fish need to be justified separately -
have different needs. However, try to use (same) water for both needs.

8.

1. 36.
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Consider better monitoring to maximize use of water .- as in daily monitoring of

8. 2.1. 08. Agreement from before darn regarding 60,000 acre-feet to protect upstream water.
rights from downstream calls. The issue comes down to timing of releases to provide this protection.
What's wrong with delivering to protect upstream folks? (answer "fish").

8.

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2.2. 21.
does not fill.

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2.3.

Will there be a balancing (eg.., fish vs. ranching)?

If you lower reservoir to reduce icing and also bypass spring runoff, then reservoir

How can we better manage water and enhance environment?

Address interrelationships of releases..

12.

Seek viable balance between gains, benefits, and losses.

8. 2.3. 13. Determine, define, explain, and address agencies and individual water needs. Find
balance. (USF&WS, Curecanti NRA, Black Canyon Monument, Gunnison Gorge, etc. and CDOW,
WAPA and BOR)

8. 3. 28. · Give same weight to recreation at Blue Mesa as Black Canyon National Monument.
· Calls on streams could impact values upstream, could trigger collapse of agriculture users, recreation
uses. III Co~sider competition. between agriculture and recreational uses of water and don't set them. up
to be competitive.

.8. 3. 28. . Give same weight to recreation at Blue Mesa as Black Canyon National Monument.
... Calls on streams could impact values upstream, could trigger coll~pse of agriculture users, recreation
uses. ... Consider competition between agriculture and recreational uses of water and don't set them up
to be competitive.

8. 4. 07.
to trout.
8. 4. 09.
8. 4. 11.
8. 5. 16.
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Would contract provide flexibility to remedy problems that occurred - such as impacts

Fish: keep balance between trout and "fish with lips" (endangered native species).

Give equal balance to river and reservoir recreation.

Concerned that plan is for endangered fish and trout are being forgotten.

Hate to see us negotiate away integrity of park and recreational values.

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