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<br />.643756 <br /> <br />This reseryoir would illundate the ROI~~~Y Fork c.ampground oper- <br />ated bv the U.S. Forest Service near the slte of the. RlIe<!J Dam. The <br />rese,rv(Jil' will have no foreseeable adverse efi'ect upon any national, <br />State. 01' Io<:al park. . . <br />The FryjJl.~pan wntershed is o~le of t}lE'- few renUlIllJ1lg .llfitll~'al arcas <br />in the Colorado Rocky }'Iountam regIOn, except thosE'- Jll wilderness <br />areas ()r lltltionnl parks, "hic.h h:l\"e not beml in\"tlded uy roads, mines, <br />and other illtrllsions. The Fryingpnn HiveI' itself represents an 1111- <br />distnrhcd fishing stl'eam-l'L l'psource that. is fast disappenring. C~)!l- <br />strnction of th.e dam, p()wel'plan.t~ work roads, bOlTo~v n.l'ens~ clc~Il.'IIlB: <br />find otlte-r adivit.ies cOllllede.l wIth the proposed lwo)ed, would elll1ll- <br />nate. Ilatural ql1alit.ies of t.he yalley by the ereation of ronstl'lIction <br />sea.r:;. <br />The ren'ion has historical signiAci111Ce from t}le standpoint of goJd- <br />l'llsh anr{sih'er-mining days. No defil1it.e historit'nl sites are h..llOW11 <br />to net.ually exist ill t,he. resl"_n"oir site, although it. is possible that re- <br />search wo'ul{] rlise]ose. feat.llres ()f importnnce. <br />Prelinlinnl'Y information obtained from t.lIe Bureau of Sp0l1 Fish- <br />eries a.nel ""ii(llifc indicates that. fishing' activity ill tlle rt'sl'l'vnir and <br />don'nst1't~:lIn from the dam to it:-i cOnflUCJlf'O wit.h Roarillg- Fork HiveI' <br />i::-:. likrl\' to be gJ'C:ttl'l' th~1n p!'e~ellt H:::P of the S:1IlIE' portiQTI of t.he river. <br />It n'l)pl'rlrs rp.a:=:ona(,le. to nS:-illlne t.hat con~ider;lble I'cercat.j()Jl ad,ivit.y <br />can be (',xpectell if operation of the reservoir is such :15 to maintnin an <br />nde_qllate ,yate-r surface and a rat.her :::table elenltion during Slimmer <br />months. These. uses 'Will prob,-lbly include picniddng, boating-. fishing, <br />hiking-~ and camping-. Swimming and \rater skiing will not.-be. popu- <br />lar. as water aboye 7/)00 f{'et. i!" USlll.l 11y l'ool. <br />There mny be. fL future cle.mantl for seasonal cabin sites. lIowe\"er, <br />this type ()f :ld.ivjt.y HlWit. be ;Ipproved by the administering agency <br />nncI will depend npon t,llf'_ n\"ailability of suitable lnnd not l'eqllirect for <br />resen'oil' ope.ratioll a 11(1 public Il~e. <br />During: an invest.igat.ion of the site in .July, it. appeare(] that the <br />most. fensible locat.ion for State I-ligl1\nl~" 104 would be ~tlJl)\"e high- <br />water level nJong the Borth shore. The most adaptable area for reere- <br />nt.io.na.l development. a.ppC'ared to be on a ridge enst of Bagley Creek in <br />sect] OilS Nos. 7 and 8. <br />. Since We und.erstand thltt. t.he engineering and opcrat,ionnl (~atn fur- <br />nIshed .11S were tenta.t,iye. u.IHl subject to revision with no information <br />reg-ardlllg pruposals for acquisition of land, anI' cost estimat.f1s whic.h <br />follow .a.re based. upon previolls st.udies of c-01llpal'nhle areas. The-56 <br />cost. est,lInates and bencllt ngures are necessarily conjectural sincE'. t.hey <br />dea.J :yith r:nallY int.n.ngibles. <br />I~ IS estImated that $55,000 would be required to provide minimum <br />b~~]('. fnc.ilities that might properly be considered a Federal responsi- <br />blht.y. This expenditure would invoh'e the deyelopJllent of a. Pllblic- <br />use area. along the north shore of the reservoir on a naturnl ridge east <br />of Bngley Cre_ek 3111'1 a. fishing camp nt, some. suitable locntioll ifl a. ba.y <br />along t.lw north shore. If addit.ionalland is specifically reql1iJ'ed for <br />reercatton, the cost should he added to t.he f'st.imate. The cst.im:1te does <br />not include l'ephcemcnt of exist.ing Forest. Service faeilities that <br />would be inundnted. <br /> <br />RUE Dr DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO. <br /> <br />-I <br />