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<br />.r.: <br /><\" <br /> <br />00 <br />CD <br />,.::> <br />N <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER Cor~SERVATIOfJ BOARD MEETING <br />~lAY 2} 1975 <br /> <br />/' <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS OF YELLOW JACKET PROJECT <br />1'kt l3url,1ot. III Rtf. La,.,,J1 ~ <br />~ C~MPLETED THE FIRST REGIONAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON <br />THE YELLOW JACKET PROJECT IN 1968. OBJECTIONS ON THE PLAN <br />PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WERE RECEIVED BY FISH AND WILDLIFE <br />INTERESTS AND LOCAL INTERESTS, AFTER TWO YEARS OF FIELD <br />TRIPS AND COMPROMISES} A SECOND PROPOSED REGIONAL DIRECTOR'S <br />REPORT WAS COMPLETED AND DISTRIBUTED IN 1972 ALONG WITH A <br />DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, <br />THE PLAN IN THIS REPORT WAS AGAIN OBJECTED TO BY FISH <br />AND WILDLIFE INTERESTS. BETWEEN 1972 AND 1974 NO INVESTIGA- <br />TIONS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE BUREAU, <br />As A RESULT OF THE INCREASED INTEREST IN MINERAL AND <br />RELATED WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WHITE RIVER BASIN} <br />FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THE YELLOW JACKET PROJECT WERE <br />RESUMED, NEW INVESTIGATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY UTILIZING <br />THE MULTIOBJECTIVE PLANNING PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE WATER <br />RESOURCES COUNCIL, WITH THIS PROCEDURE} ALTERNATIVES EMPHA- <br />SIZING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AS WELL AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC <br />DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DEVELOPED, THIS PROCESS IS ESPECIALLY <br />RELEVANT TO THE YELLOW JACKET PROJECT AS BOTH OBJECTIVES ARE <br />OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE AND CONCERN IN THE WHITE RIVER BASIN, <br />