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<br />~escription of t~e Study Area <br /> <br />The Dunham Point Unit 1;o1Ould be locate.d i.n southwestern ~oloraito. about <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />15 miles north of Cortez (see map I-I). <br /> <br />U.S. Highwavs 1nO and n66 and <br /> <br />Colorado State Highwav 145 are the primary roads to the project area. The <br /> <br />nearest conmunitv to t"e project site is the small town of Dolores t"af: i~ <br /> <br />about 7 m;1es south along t"e Dolor.es River. <br /> <br />'rl-te pro.iect sitp.: is located on n.s. Forest Service lann. r"e sl.te IS <br /> <br />covere~ wit" plnon and juniper: t"e elevation ran~es f~nm about 7.000 feet <br /> <br />to 8,000 feet. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />T11e study area 1.5 1n the Dol.ores Project area. T-"e Do'oT'p's Pro.leet i.~ <br /> <br />~ mu1ti.p1e purposp. irrigation project that wi.Il serve ahout 60.000 acres <br /> <br />of land and orovide R.700 acre-feet of mun~cjDal and in~ustr;al watp.r. <br /> <br />McP"ee Re~ervoir ;s t"e main featuT."e of the project and is presently un~eT <br /> <br />const"'t1ction wi.tl, a compl.p.:t:1on ~ate scl,enulp.d <br /> <br />for 1981. <br /> <br />As stat~d <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />earl i.er. McPl-,ee Reservol r would serve as tl,e ;)fterhav (lmoJ"e'" rp.~e"'voi r) <br /> <br />felr the pumpec1 s tora~e proiec to <br /> <br />T~e stunv area 1s predominantly rural. <br /> <br />~ortP.:z has a popul.at1on of <br /> <br />ahout 9.000. w~ile Dolores has ahout 1,000 people. Agriculture <br /> <br />; s tl,e <br /> <br />primary source of economic acti.vitv; touri~m lS second "rl.tl-t mlnlng ann <br /> <br />fo~est p~oducts following. <br /> <br />0490 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br />