July 13, 2007--Pine River agreement sets flow (Durango Herald)
Fish in the Pine River below Vallecito Reservoir would get some extra protection under an agreement approved by a state water board Thursday. The Colorado Water Conservation Board voted to accept a donation of water from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Pine River Irrigation District. The deal will put varying amounts of water into the river for a stretch ending 12 miles downstream from the reservoir, home to brown and rainbow trout. In exchange for the donation, the water board agreed not to file for an in-stream flow right - a water right that could force water to stay in the stream.
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