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<br />.:' : ~ <br />,limu 1.7, ln75 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Study Team alHl Stccrinl~ Committee lV1<J,mhers for (he Delores Hlver Wild River Study: <br /> <br />Many incJivirlu:I1s and eilizen-eonsen'al'ion groups l,avc had a long hislory of interest in <br />the proleetion and preservation of the Delorcs Hivel: wllhin t.he Wilel and Seunie Hivers <br />Preservation System. - <br /> <br />Afler three years of gatherin:; dala :111(1 information, extensive field sludies, and on-site <br />lnvestil;ations, a study by lhc CU Wilderness St.udy Group is in the final stages of <br />dcv0lopment. Upon completion, il will revresenl and sper-iDeally (Jefinu the <br />recommendations of several national, Colorado and Utah eonservalion groups :Old individuals. <br />However, b(,eallSC the Inter-J\geney Study Team for the Delores TIiver is drawing near the <br />completion of l~at.herins and compiling data and \\~Il be giving some thoughllo <br />tenlative river classifications, it is hoped that a general overl'iew of the citizcn- <br />eonservationist.s eonee1':n:; and reco111mcmbtio:ns mip;ht bc helpful. These reeommcndations <br />include not only those pori ions of the rivcr which werc idcntifi.ed for study in t.bc <br />study bill, but also those pm.tions lh'lt W0rc not inclnr.1cdand tbat arc still very imJlortant <br />to protect.. As river syste111S and theil' ecotones do not stop and start at slate and other <br />political lines, it is imporlantto view the river as one lmil; a frcc-J1o\\'ing entity. Upper <br />reaehres of lbe river system :He as importl1at to prolcct. as t.he lower stem. <br /> <br />There is strong; support among conservationists that no portion of the river bc deleted from <br />some typl' of-pi'oteetive classifieatlJn. This npplies to t.he entire rivcr, not ,iust those <br />sections incl1!C1ed in thc IHcse:nt study. Hopefully the Study Team can propose in <br />irs ,reeonunellC'1auors that aclri.itional scctJons (lI1ose nor. presentiy belllg studied) be gllien <br />propcr consideration a:nd study as :Ul objective of SOlUlCl and to[nl river basin plmming. <br /> <br />General reeommendations include the following: <br /> <br />Main Fork and tbe \\'est For1, of the l200res down to the Me Phce Dam site -- <br />Rccr0alional--reeo1l11l1cnded [or study. 7 miles of the West For]; dO\\~1 to <br />Dut.:t:on Hond f;llOUld be studied nud rceommended for Wild classification as it <br />is included in the eitizen bOlulC1:lry proposal for tbe Wilsoll Mouulnin Wilderness Area. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />,I <br /> <br />McPhee Dam silc (0 Bradfield Ranch,---Scenic--This stretch of dver which is <br />approxim'ltely 11-12 milcs long is vcry scenic :lnd (loes Cjualify for that classification. <br /> <br />Bradficld R:llwh 10 wHhin sight of lIi\\'ay 80 at Slkkrock--lVilcl--This entire seel:ion of <br />river is wil.d and hc.1u!Hul exe('pt. for the pumpinr; ~t:ltion at Dove Creek. IJ McPhec <br />nalll \\'l're buill, this plllnping st.nl'ion (:;In be c1is,.cmblcd and thitt seclion of the, rivcr <br />would qualify forWiIddl'sip.ll"tion :lbo, If HI" :necessary to relaill the pumping station, <br />then fhis sl'clion from \\'Hh.in sight to out ,of-si!,:ht should be clnssilied as Scenic. <br /> <br />SJickrod, to the cnd of )JiG G)1)S1ll11 Valley--Hccrea!ional <br /> <br />Ene! of Hig' CypSI11\l Valley 1.0 one mile above Iliway !lO--Wild-- This is a spectacular <br />l"lH)'on which has liltk ()I'ic\,:nee of man-cnused disturbances 111\(1 is deHni Icly primitive <br />I1l1d wil,\, <br /> <br />0615 <br />