ISFAPP01165

• Case Number: 98CW0223
• Stream Name: Trout Creek
• Watershed: Lake Fork Gunnison River
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 62
• County: Gunnison
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 4, STATE OF COLORADO

Filed in the District Court
Water Division 4

AP R - r.:; 2000.

Case No. 98CW223

Kay Phillips, Clerk of Court

FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE AND DECREE OF THE WATER COURT

IN TIIE MATTER OF TIIE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF TIIE
COLORADO W ATER CONSERVATION BOARD ON BEHALF OF TIIE PEOPLE OF
TIIE STATE OF COLORADO,

IN TROUT CREEK, A NATURAL STREAM,

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IN THE WATERSHED OF TIIE LAKE FORK of the GUNNISON RIVER,

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IN HINSDALE and GUNNISON COUNTIES.

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This Application was filed on December 31, 1998, and was referred to the Water
Referee for Water Division No.4, in accordance with C.R.S. SS 37-92-101, et seq. All
notices required by law of the filing of this Application have been fulfilled and the Referee
has jurisdiction of this Application. No Statements of Opposition were filed in this matter.
On September 2, 1999, the Division Engineer submitted a Summary of Consultation and the
Referee has given it due consideration.

The Referee having made such investigations as are necessary to determine whether
the statements in the Application are true and being fully advised with respect to the subject
matter of the Application;

THE WATER REFEREE FINDS AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name and address of the Applicant is:

Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]

2. The name of the natural stream is:

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Trout Creek (instream flow).
3. The source of the water is:
Trout Creek, tributary to the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River.
4. Legal description of the stream segment through which an instream flow is
claimed.