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<br />~ <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Depamnent of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866.3441 <br />FAX: (303) 8664474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />From: Dan Merriman <br />Todd Doherty <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Date May 12,2005 <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />Re: Agenda Item 21.1, May 24-25, 2005- Board Meeting <br />Stream and Lake Protection - Uncontested Streams <br />Final Action Requested <br /> <br />GENERAL BACKGROUND <br />Pursuant to Rule 5h. of the Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Rules ("ISF Rules"), <br />the attached 15 stream segments are being recommended to the Board for Final Action. <br />These stream segments have been noticed pursuant to the ISF Rules and the public was <br />afforded an opportunity to comment pursuant to Rule 5g. at the March 2005, CWCB <br />meeting. These stream segments are located in Water Divisions 4 and 7 in San Miguel, <br />Montrose, Ouray, Mesa, Delta and San Juan Counties and are listed on the attached <br />instream flow tabulations. <br /> <br />TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS <br />The Board was provided detailed information regarding all field data, studies and <br />analyses for each stream segment at the January 25, 2005 Board meeting. At that meeting <br />the Board declared its intent to appropriate the specific instream flow water rights. <br /> <br />Natural Environment Studies <br />The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the <br />United States Forest Service (USFS) have conducted field surveys on these streams and <br />found a natural environment which can be preserved. To quantify the resources and to <br />evaluate instream flow and natural lake level requirements, the CDOW, BLM and the <br />USFS staff collected biologic and hydraulic data, and the CWCB staff reviewed and <br />analyzed this data. Based on the results of these reviews/analyses, the CWCB staff <br />prepared recommendations for the amount of water necessary to preserve the natural <br />environment to a reasonable degree for each of the streams on the attached tabulation of <br />instream flow recommendations. <br />