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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />úÎÑÎËÜÙÎæÜÉØËúÎÏÊØËÇÜÉÔÎÏûÎÜËÙ  <br /> <br />ùØÍÜËÉÐØÏÉÎ×ïÜÉÈËÜÑëØÊÎÈËÚØÊ  <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 - 3441 <br />Fax: (303) 866 - 4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br /> <br />Governor <br />TO : Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Harris D. Sherman <br /> <br />DNR Executive Director <br />FROM : Jeff Baessler <br /> <br />Jennifer L. Gimbel <br /> Stream and Lake Protection Section <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />DATE : July 13 , 2009 <br />CWCB Deputy Director <br /> <br /> Agenda Item 22 , July 21 - 22 , 200 9 , Board Meeting - Stream and Lake <br />SUBJECT : <br />Protection Section Huerfano River and Cucharas Creek Contested <br />Instream Flow Appropriations Water Division 2 <br /> <br />Summary <br /> <br />Th is memo transmits to the Board a request from Huerfano County for a postponement of the <br />hearing regarding the Huerfano River and Cucharas Creek Contested Instream Flow <br />Appropriations . The hearing is currently sch eduled for September 15 - 16, 2009 and Huerfano <br />County is requesting that the hearing be moved to November 17 - 18, 2009. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />On January 27 , 2009, the Board fo rmed its intent to appropriate i n stream flow water r ights on <br />Cucharas Creek and two s egments of the Hu erfano River (see table below). On March 23 , 2009 , <br />Huerfano County and the Huerfano County Water Conservancy District filed a Notice to Contest <br />all three appropriations . Subsequently, Trout Unlimited , and the Cucharas Water Conservancy <br />District filed fo r P arty Status on all three segments. In addition, Dwight Harrison filed for Party <br />Status for Cucharas Creek. Pu r suant to Rule 5l (2) and (3) of the Rules Concerning the <br />Colorado Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program, both the Staff and the recommending <br />entity (Colorado Division of Wildlife) are automatically parties to the hearing. <br /> <br />Stream Segment Length (miles) Amounts (cfs) & <br />dates <br />Cucharas Creek 1.6 (4/1 - 5/14) <br />(Headwaters to State Highway 12) 4.9 (5/15 - 6/30) <br />5.3 <br />1.6 (7/1 - 9/15) <br />1.2 (9/16 - 3/31) <br />Huerfano River <br />2.7 (11/1 - 4/30) <br />(Outlet of Lilly Lake to confl Central Branch Huerfano 8.2 <br />4.1 (5/1 - 10/31) <br />River ) <br />Watershed Protection & Flood Mitigation er Supply Planning & Finance <br /> <br /> <br />