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<br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />FY 2002 ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT <br /> <br />RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />PROJECT NUMBER: 70 <br /> <br />L Project Title: Colorado's Instream Flow Protection <br /> <br />II. Principal Investigator: <br /> <br />Randy Seaholm <br />Michelle Garrison <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Shennan St., Room 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />Fax: (303) 866-4474 <br />e-mail: randy.seaholmra>.state.co.us <br />e-mail: michelle.garrison@state.co.us <br /> <br />III. Project Summary: <br /> <br />The purpose of this activity is to continue obtaining in stream flow protection as <br />necessary for the endangered fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin. It entails <br />detailed coordination between Recovery Program agencies as well as other interested <br />parties, water users' and environmental interests. All protection is done in accordance <br />with Colorado water law, including instream flow rules and regulations as applicable. <br /> <br />IV. Study Schedule: <br /> <br />Although target dates were identified in the 1999 RIPRAP, the withdrawal of the 1995 <br />instream flow filings on the Colorado and Yampa rivers resulted in changes to these <br />dates (with the acknowledgment of Recovery Program members and Committees). <br />Much of the initial project has been deferred until FY 2002 - FY 2004. In FY 2004 the <br />instream flow issues will be revisited to detennine if there is a need for instream flow <br />filings on the Colorado and Yampa rivers. <br /> <br />V. Relationship to RIPRAP: <br /> <br />Evaluate need for instream flow water rights, assess legal and physical availability of water, <br />assess compact considerations, 5-year periodic review of progress to detennine if instream <br />flow filings are necessary. <br />Evaluate how identified flows will be legally protected, then appropriate and adjudicate in <br />water court if necessary. <br /> <br />Yampa and Little Snake Rivers: LB.3.d., LC.3.d., I.D.2.d <br />White River: LB., LCA, I.D.l. <br />Colorado Mainstem: I.A.5.[a,b,c,d,h), LB.2, I.B.3.d, I.BA.[a,b] <br />Gunnison River: LB.4, LC.l.a, I.C.2 <br /> <br />70 - I <br />