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<br />Flgur~' 7 femp,,"a\ J,<mflution nfmo[)th\y ,kpkliL>n< from Ihe Yampa RiH'r U"-'Ifl hy <eelllr
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<br />\lorcmef. Yampa Ba'lIl ".aler us.'n; m ("oloTa,l!> WIsh to ~scr\'c an "pllon to Jcyek'p nc" "ale"
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<br />emirc demand pl.!,,,! "n thc mainslcm "flhe Yampa River ami dislrihuted thmllghnutlhe YCM ha;a:<I
<br />Oil c;ld, ~cctor's CUITent temporal paUem. Ol1lhi~ h....<I-'. lh<, CRDSS pr.x1ictc<\ ,"-cu~e ,hOrlilj!'S
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