Opposers-Appellants: COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD; and State Engineer and Division Engineer for Water Division No. 4,
v.
Applicant-Appellee: UPPER GUNNISON RIVER WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT,
Opposers-Appellees: Virgil and Lee Spann Ranches; Robert and Geraldine Howard; the City of Gunnison; Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association; Colorado River Water Conservation District; Trout Unlimited; Gerald E. Bullock; Thomas C. Kelley; Brenda M. Kelley; Roy B. Winslow Helen Winslow; Paula J. Lehr; William F. Chambliss; Linda Chambliss; Kenneth R. Bergan; Mary T. Bergan; Ben Peterson; Jill Peterson; Karl R. Peterson; Ruth S. Peterson; Nancy Ruehle; Raymond L. Ruehle; Arthur I. Means; Toni M. Bullock; Linda M. Goldman; Mike Peterson; Carl Long; Ruth Marie Long; J. Craig Bryant; and Lu Ann Bryant.
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March 14, 2005.
March 14, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John W. Suthers Attorney General, Susan J. Schneider, Assistant Attorney General, Lori J. Coulter, Assistant Attorney General, Patrick E. Kowaleski, First Assistant Attorney General Water Rights Unit, Natural Resources and Environment Section, Denver, for Opposers-Appellants, Colorado Water Conservation Board; and State Engineer and Division Engineer for Water Division No. 4.
Alperstein & Covell PC, Cynthia F. Covell, Gilbert Y. Marchand, Andrea L. Benson, Denver, for Applicant-Appellee, Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District.
Moses, Wittemyer, Harrision and Woodruff, P.C., Timothy J. Beaton, Gabriel D. Carter, Boulder, for Opposer-Appellee the City of Gunnison.
Peter C. Fleming, Jill C.H. McConaughy, Kirstin E. McMillan-Gillespie, Glenwood Springs, for Opposer-Appellee Colorado River Water Conservation District.
Andrew Peternell, Boulder, for Opposer-Appellee Trout Unlimited.
Hill & Robbins, P.C., David W. Robbins, Dennis M. Montgomery, Jennifer H. Hunt, Denver, for Amicus Curiae the Rio Grande Water Conservation District and Southwestern Water Conservation District.
Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, Frank E. (Sam) Maynes, John Barlow Spear, Durango, for Amicus Curiae Southwestern Water Conservation District.
Patricia L. Wells, Michael L. Walker, Casey S. Funk, Denver, for Amicus Curiae the City and County of Denver Acting by through its Board of Water Commissioners.
Burns, Figa & Will P.C., Lee Miller, Englewood, for Amicus Curiae Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Colorado Farm Bureau.
Weiss & Van Scoyk LLP, Robert G. Weiss, Steamboat Springs, for Amicus Curiae Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, the Town of Oak Creek, and the Town of Yampa.
Duncan Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., John M. Dingess, Denver, for Amicus Curiae the City of Aurora, Colorado acting by and through its Utility Enterprises.
Porzak Browning & Bushong, LLP, Glenn E. Porzak, P. Fritz Holleman, Boulder, for Amicus Curiae for the City of Steamboat Springs, the City of Golden, the Town of Vail, the Town of Breckenridge, Vail Resorts, Inc, the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, and the Colorado White Water Association.
Holland & Hart, LLP, Anne J. Castle, Christopher L. Thorne, Denver, for Amicus Curiae the City of Pueblo and the Town of Minturn.
Sullivan Green Seavy, LLC, Barbara Green, Boulder, Taylor C. Hawes, Silverthorne, for Amicus Curiae Northwest Colorado Council of Governments.
John M. Ely, Aspen, for Amicus Curiae Pitkin County.
David Baumgarten, Thomas A. Dill, Gunnison, for Amicus Curiae Gunnison County.
Anthony J. DiCola, Hot Sulphur Springs, for Amicus Curiae Grand County.
No appearance by or on behalf of: Virgil and Lee Spann Ranches; Robert and Geraldine Howard; Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association; Gerald E. Bullock; Thomas C. Kelley; Brenda M. Kelley; Roy B. Winslow; Helen Winslow; Paula J. Lehr; William F. Chambliss; Linda Chambliss; Kenneth R. Bergan; Mary T. Bergan; Ben Peterson; Jill Peterson; Karl R. Peterson; Ruth S. Peterson; Nancy Ruehle; Raymond L. Ruehle; Arthur I. Means; Toni M. Bullock; Linda M. Goldman; Mike Peterson; Carl Long; Ruth Marie Long; J. Craig Bryant; and Lu Ann Bryant.
Supreme Court of Colorado.
RICE, Justice.
Appellants the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB or "the Board") and the State and Division No. 4 Engineers appeal the water court's order and decree granting a recreational in-channel diversion (RICD) conditional water right to Applicant Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District. We reverse.
Upon review, we hold that both the CWCB and the water court erred. In Senate Bill 01-216 (SB 216 or "the bill"), Ch. 305, 2001 Colo. Sess....
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