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<br />gjsentinel.com I news <br /> <br />000886 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />II- <br /> <br />. E-mail this paqe to a friend <br /> <br />Water board withdraws flow <br />rights for 2 rivers <br /> <br />By HEATHER McGREGOR <br />The Daily Sentinel <br /> <br />NORTHGLENN - Massive springtime recovery <br />flow water rights for endangered fish in the <br />Colorado and Yampa rivers were withdrawn <br />Thursday in a unanimous vote by the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board. <br /> <br />Board members agreed, however, to hold onto <br />the companion base-flow claims. They held the <br />door open to change the claims as work <br />proceeds on the Endangered Fish Recovery <br />Program. <br /> <br />The action to keep the base-flow claims and <br />drop the recovery flow claims was approved 8- <br />O. <br /> <br />It came after an attempt by Greg Walcher, <br />newly appointed director of the Colorado <br />Department of Natural Resources, to withdraw <br />both the recovery and base flow filings. <br />Walcher's motion failed 6-2 in a board vote. <br /> <br />At issue is a set of four instream flow filings <br />made by the state water board in December <br />1995 to protect flows for fish in the Yampa and <br />Colorado rivers. The claims have yet to be <br />approved by state water court. <br /> <br />The Colorado River filings were focused on the <br />15-mile reach of the Colorado River from <br />Palisade to the confluence of the Gunnison <br />River, in the Grand Valley. The 15-mile reach is <br />considered to be excellent habitat for native <br />fish, but irrigation diversions reduce flows in the <br />stretch during the summer months. <br /> <br />http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/1999/01/29waterI.html <br /> <br />From <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Quick Clicks: <br />~ Talk about this <br />story <br />~ Police blotter <br />~ Dealt} notices <br />~ Weather <br />~ News archive <br /> <br />Latest local <br />news: <br />Feb,1 <br />. Police battle GJ <br />fans with dogs, fire <br />hoses <br />. Was Bowl win <br />Elway's farewell? <br />. Griffith loins <br />Broncos OB in <br />Super Bowl starring <br />roles <br />. Ted Taylor's got <br />links to homework <br />help on the Web <br /> <br />Jan. 30-31 <br />. Grand Mesa <br />snowslide kills local <br />snowmobiler <br />. Welfare drop may <br />reverse, some <br />suspect <br />. Moms learn skills <br />and more about <br />themselves <br />. Historians take a <br />stab at Packer's <br />name <br />. Blade is kev to <br />Packer researeh <br />. Apartment fire <br />consumes Palisade <br />family's home <br />. Cattle imports hurt <br />American ranch <br />business <br />. Methane in mine <br />causes explosion <br />. Coal mine <br /> <br />Page lof3 <br /> <br />2/1/99 <br />