Yampa River Flow Prescription

Project ID: P21AC11319

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Vermont and State Agriculture College

Fiscal Year: 2021

Initial Funding: $18,296

Total Funding: $41,456

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Dinosaur National Monument

Principal Investigator: Diehl, Rebecca Manners

Agreement Technical Representative: Gilkerson, Tyler

Abstract:

This project will benefit the public by identifying streamflows necessary to protect public resources and values in Dinosaur National Monument. It will further benefit local water users and stakeholders throughout the Yampa River basin and the larger Green and Colorado river basins by clearly defining the amounts of water that could be devoted to protecting the critical water dependent resources within Dinosaur National Monument.

This effort may allow for increased understanding and recognition of the flows necessary to support and maintain critical populations and habitats of state- and federally-listed threatened and endangered fishes that are found throughout the Yampa, Green, and Colorado river basins. Water interests within the seven Colorado River Basin states and researchers and scientists working in these riverine settings may benefit from increased understanding and knowledge of flows critical to protecting key water dependent resources.