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<br />>' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone ;;.303) 866-3441 <br />FAJC (303)866-4474 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />NOV 0 6 1995 <br /> <br />STA~ OF COLORADO <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />tWf 0 <br /> <br />..,.-- <br /> <br />Colorado \ <br />Conservation iN...~ <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />James S. Lochhead <br />Executive Director. DNR <br />Daries C, Lile, P,E. <br />Director, CWCB <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br />October 11, 1995 <br />For Immediate Release <br /> <br />News contact: <br /> <br />Peter Evans <br />(303) 866-3441 <br /> <br />STATE ACTS TO PROTECT STREA.c\1FLO\VS FOR ENDANGERED FISH IN THE <br />Y AMP A RIVER <br /> <br />As part of the effort to recover four species of fish that are listed as in danger of <br /> <br /> <br />~xtll1ction, the Colorado Water Conservqtioa Board (CWeB) agreed to file applica1ions fur <br /> <br /> <br />water rights to protect streamflows in the YHmpa River between the Williams Fork and Little <br /> <br /> <br />Snake Rivers near Craig, and to file the applications by tbe end of the year. <br /> <br /> <br />At a special meeting in Craig (1:] Tuesday. the 14-member board agreed to continue its <br /> <br /> <br />prep,,-ratiofl to protect a small baseflow, i.ntended to ensure that some water would remain in <br /> <br /> <br />the stream year ,round in most years. and to ;,rotect a peak flow during the spring runoff, <br /> <br /> <br />which biologists believe are necessary to enable the endangered fish to migrate and spawn in <br /> <br /> <br />the lower portions of the Yampa River. <br /> <br /> <br />Representatives of both water devr.:lopmem and environmental interest groups urged the <br /> <br /> <br />board to take action this year to fulfiJl Colorado's commitment to the Recovery Program for <br /> <br /> <br />the Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado, Public testimony during the all..day meeting <br /> <br /> <br />generally supported the concept ensuring that these instream flow protection efforts would <br /> <br />allow for at least 52,000 acre feet of additioml water development within the Yampa River <br /> <br />basin for future human uses, (An acre tom (If water is approximately the amount an average <br />household of four people uses in a year), <br />In a presentation to the board and public, the eWCB', staff emphasized that existing <br />water rights would not be adversely affected by the proposed instream flow protectioll, and <br />that the development allowance of 52,000 acre feet was based OIl extensive discussions with <br />