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5 OPEPATING PRINCIPLES, FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT . 1058 . (b) For storafe in Ruedi Reservoir to the extent of its actual capaci ty, which is to be not less tl:an 100,000 acre-feet. (c) For 3,000 acre-feet annually, to the extent that it is available in excess of (a) and (b) above, or such part thereof as may be required, to be delivered to the Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. in exchanfe for equivalent releases from the headwaters of the Roarint' Fork River which would otherwise be diverted through such Twin Lakes Reservoir &. Canal Co. collection and diversion system. (d) For any other beneficial use' in western Colorado in accordance with court decree, but not herein contem- plated. (2) The effectuation of the above principles requires con- current Fryingpan-Arkansas project diversion and Ruedi Reser- voir storafe to be accomplished in the manner following: The State enr,ineer annually shall collect pertinent data, includ- inf information pertaining to snow pack and all other avail- able evidencG, and shall thereafter so divide and apportion the surface runoff as to achiGve, as nearly as possible, the foregoinf division of water and the maximum of concurrent diversions and storage. The diversions herein contemplated shall be on the basis of a water year hereby defined as that interim of October 1 through the following September 30. 10. For the protection of recreational values, including fishing, on the Fryingpan River below Ruedi Reservoir, releases of water from said reservoir, not to exceed the stream inflow, shall he made so that the streamflow immediately below the junction of the Fryingpan River and Rocky Fork shall not be reduced below 39 c.f.s. from November 1 to April 30, and 110 c.f,s. from May 1 to October 30, or as actual experience or court decree hereafter dictate, 11. An appropriate written contract may be made whereby Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co, shall refrain from divertinf water when- ever the natural flow of the Roaring Fork River and its tributaries shall be only sufficient to maintain a flo,", equal to or less than that required to maintain the recommended average flows in the Roaring fork River immediately above its confluence with Difficult Creek in a quantity proportionate to the respective natural flow of the Roaring Fork River. The recommended average flows above mentioned are flows in quantities equal to those recommended as a minimum immediately above its confluence with Difficult Creek accordinf to the following schedule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Colorado Game and Fish Commission: .