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161::-) . Article V - FISHERY AND RECREA TJON The permanent fishery pool shall be operated in accordance with the following principles: 1. Water for the initial filling and for replacing evaporation and seepage losses will be acquired by the State of Colorado without interference to the District Water Supply and without interference to usable Stateline flows, or without additional cost to the District or the United States for the Trinidad Project as envisioned in House Document No. 325. In the specific case of the 11,467 acre-feet allocated to the permanent fishery pool pursuant to the Einal Environmental Assessment for Revision of the Water Control Manual to Allocate Excess Storage in Trinidad Lake, Las Animas County, Colorado, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, dated September 1994, the initial filling shall only be made using waters imported into the Arkansas River basin from other river basins, either by direct importation or by exchange pursuant to the laws of Colorado. The initial filling and the replacement of evaporation and seepage shall be made according to the following procedures: (a) All water rights on the Purgatoire River downstream of Trinidad Reservoir will be satisfied during the period of any exchange; . (b) Prior to any exchange, the specific source of imported or native water, as limited by the Operating Principles for Trinidad Dam and Reservoir Project, as amended, will be verified by the Colorado State Engineer; (c) For each acre-foot of native water stored in Trinidad Reservoir by exchange, the Colorado Division of Parks will deliver an acre-foot of identifiable imported water, or native water whose consumptive use has been determined by final decree of the Colorado Water Court, to the Arkansas River at the Las Animas gaging station; (d) Transit losses between the source of supply for an exchange and the Las Animas gage will be determined and assessed by the Colorado State Engineer, using the "Livingston Method" or other suitable means, to assure that a "one for one" exchange is accomplished. The Colorado State Engineer will report and account contemporaneously and annually to the Arkansas River Compact Administration on the initial filling and replacement of evaporation and seepage in the Permanent Fishel)' Pool. 2. In the accounting for water in storage, evaporation and seepage losses due to the Permanent Fishery Pool shall be determined using the most recent data available by the Colorado State Engineer and the District with the cooperation of the Operating Agency. 3. There shall never be any release or transfer of water from the Permanent Fishel)' fuol excepting by necessity of dam safety or flood emergency operations as determined by the . 11