1996 Steamboat Lake Lease and Sublease

• Case Number: 95CW0150
• Stream Name: Yampa River
• Watershed: Yampa River
• Water Division: 6
• Water District: 58
• County: Moffat
• Instream Flow Acq - Doc Type: Contracts, MOA/MOU, Leases, Agreements

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Agreement No. 14-48-0006-96-907
DeN: 60181-6-6032
Amount: $32,000.00

LEASE ~ SUBLEASE

THIS LEASE AND SUBLEASE is entered into this 17th day of
April , 1996, by and among United States Fish and wildlife
Service, P.O. Box 25486 DFC, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486
("Service"), the colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor
Recreation, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 618, Denver, Colorado 80203
("Part's"), and the Colorado WatEer Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman
Street, Room 721, Denver, Colorado 80203 ("CWCB").

Rel::itals

WHEREAS, under the Endangered Species Act, the Service is
responsible for the protection and recovery of threatened and
endangered species, including four endangered fish species in the
Upper Colorado River Basin; and

WHEREAS, section 7 of the ~ndangered Species Act, 16 D.S.C. Sl
1536, requires the Service to consult with other federal agencies
to insure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out by
such agencies is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence
of any endangered or threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat of such
species; and

WHEREAS, section 2 of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. Sl
1531(C) (2), declares that it is the policy of Congress for federal
agencies to cooperate with st<ite and local agencies to resolve
water resource issues in concert with conservation of endangered
species; and

WHEREAS, the Upper Colorado River Basin states, including the
State of Colorado, play a key role in determining how the river
system's water resources are Cleve loped and have a corresponding
interest in legal requirements that could constrain water resources
development; and

WHEREAS, the states, including the State of Colorado,
historically have been responstble for managing resident fish and
wildlife resources, including threatened or endangered species that
occur within their territorie:s (see, e.o., Sl 33-2-102, C.R.S.;
Cooperative Agreement between U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish and
wildlife Service, and colorado Dept. of Natural Resources, Div. of
Wildlife, for Conservation of Endangered and Threatened Fish or
wildlife (1976); and

WHEREAS, the CWCB is a state agency created for the purpose of
aiding in the protection and development of the waters of the state
for the benefit of the state's present and future inhabitants,
(Sl37-60-102, C.R.S.); and

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