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<br />Caraceno - Last summer, Baggs could not satisfy its 190 I water right, senior to Cheyenne's.
<br />Roehm - Plan only anticipates 4,000 AF of future trans-basin diversions in CO (YamcoJo) and
<br />-23,000 AF in WY (Cheyenne). But it doesn't restrict how water is actually allocated. That is the
<br />role of the states.
<br />John Shields - SEO monitors diversion by Cheyenne, and is not aware of any misappropriation by
<br />Cheyenne, but will take this concern back to WY State Engineer.
<br />O'Toole - Unhappy that oversight of Cheyenne's diversions comes from Rawlins. Need someone
<br />from SEO on this side of the divide to look after LSR interests.
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<br />Roger Pilgrim - What good are these fish? We've gotten by without the dinosaurs and we can get
<br />by without these fish.
<br />Roehm/Shields - Bottom line is that ESA requires their protection, and this plan and PBO are the
<br />best options available to enSute both the fishes' survival and continued human use of water.
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<br />Lynn Updike- Resents tax dollars being spent on saving fish while additional (state) taxes are spent
<br />on projects that serve Cheyenne (against the interests of the West Slope). Also resents (water use)
<br />being dictated by "environmentalists" from elsewhere. Yampa River had the best fishing, but now
<br />funds are being spent on fish no one wants.
<br />Roehm/Shields - ESA has broad support nationwide, nOljust among "environmentalists." It is here
<br />to stay for the foreseeable future.
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<br />Randy Shipman - Equated the situation in the Colorado River Basin with the Klamath, where water
<br />was removed from irrigation in order to provide flows for fish. Fears this plan would codify it.
<br />Roehm/Shields - The Colorado River is unlike the Klamath basin in that the Colorado River
<br />Recovery Program is considered by water users and regulators alike as a reasonable means of
<br />meeting the needs of humans and fish, without federal intervention as happened in the Klamath.
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<br />Shadow Mountain Clubhouse - Crail!, Colorado
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<br />There were at least 22 people in attendance, including I 8 from the Yampa Valley. Several
<br />individuals did not sign in. Prior to receiving public comments, Gerry Roehm (USFWS, Colorado
<br />River Recovery Program) gave a presentation on the management plan and development of an
<br />environmental assessment and programmatic biological opinion. Dan Birch offered the perspective
<br />of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, which has been involved in plan development.
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<br />Attendance
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<br />Jeff Comstock, Craig, CO
<br />Darryl Steele, Maybell, CO
<br />Norton Anderson, Silt, CO
<br />Don Jones, Craig, CO
<br />Robert Grubb, Craig, CO
<br />Tamara Naumann, Dinosaur, CO
<br />Dean Gent, Craig, CO
<br />Terry Carwile, Craig, CO
<br />John Campbell, Craig, CO
<br />Holmes M. Shefstead' Craig, CO
<br />Bill Elmblad, Grand Junction, CO
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<br />Burt Clements, Craig, CO
<br />Ray Tenney, Glenwood Springs, CO
<br />Rick Hammel, Craig, CO
<br />Dan Birch, Steamboat Springs, CO
<br />Geoff Blakeslee, Hayden, CO
<br />Betsy Blakeslee, Hayden, CO
<br />Ann Davidson, Hayden, CO
<br />T. Wright Dickinson, Craig, CO
<br />Les Hampton, Craig, CO
<br />Bob Plaska, Steamboat Springs, CO
<br />Gerry Roehm, Arvada, CO
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<br />Appendix E - Summary of Public Scoping Meetings
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