WSP01527

• File Number: 8240.200.40.H
• Description: Yampa
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 11/1/1995
• Title: Instream Flow Filings for Endangered Fish in the Yampa - Special Meeting
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Board Memo

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STA~ OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources

721 State Centennial Building
1313 Shennan Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Roy Romer
Governor

MEMORANDUM

JamesS,Lochhead
Executive Director. DNR
Daties C. We. P.E,
Director, CWCB

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM:

E. 1. Jencsok

DATE:

September 15, 1995

SUBJECT:

October 10 and 20, 1995, Special Board Meetings -
Endangered Fish Recovery Program
Preliminary Notice Water Division 6, Yampa River, Moffat County
Water Division 5, Colorado River, Mesa County

The attached Preliminary Notice includes recommendations from the Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program for the appropriation
of endangered fish recovery instream flows for the Yampa River from its confluence with the
Williams Fork River to the Little Snake Riverl in Moffat County and for the 15 Mile Reach of
the Colorado River near Grand Junction in Mesa County.

The purpose of the special Board meetings on October 10,1995, in Craig and on October
20, 1995, in Grand Junction will be to consider the FWS flow recommendations, evaluate the
physical and legal availability of water pursuant to Sec. 37-92-102 (3), CRS (1990), consider the
staffs recommendations for the appropriation of instream flow water rights for the recovery of
the endangered fish, select a preferred approach and advance the resulting instream flow
recommendations to Final Notice Status for action at the Special Board Meeting on December
1, 1995, in Denver, Colorado.

Attachments

prelim.2no/lm disk I

1 The Board may extend the instream flow segment downstream to the Dinosaur National
Monument boundary and upstream to Craig.