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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ 0864 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RECREATIONAL USE AND DEVELOPMENT <br />TRINIDAD RESERVOIR <br /> <br />In troduc tion <br /> <br />Au~horitl. <br /> <br />Development of the recreational. resources of <br />water iapoundments sponsored by. the Corps of Engineers <br />was authorized by the proviSions of Section 4 o~ the <br />Flood Control Act of 1946. Also, funds have been appro- <br />priated by the Congress for National Park Service par- <br />ticipation in cooperating River Basin Studies. <br /> <br />On October 27, 1952, in a .::onference in the <br />Region Thr.ee Office of the National Park Service, Mr. <br />Robert Q. Palmer of the Albuquerque District, Corps of <br />Engineers, requested the National Park Service to make <br />a reconnaissance report of the recreational potential <br />of the Trinidad Project on the Purgatoire River in <br />southeastern Colorado, a project study initiated beiore, <br />and not a part of, the AWR program. Attending this con- <br />ference, in addition toJolr. Palmer, were Messrs. JUles <br />L. Redmond and Dean M. Zander, representing the Albu- <br />querque District, and John J. Moseley and Ben R. Cham- <br />bers, representing the Park Service. <br /> <br />A field reconnaissance of the Trinidad Reser- <br />voir site was made November 5 by Mr. Palmer, Mr. Zander, <br />Mr. Chambers, and Mr. W. D. McClanahan of the National <br />park Service. This reconnaissance was continued on No- <br />vember 6 to include related reservoirs in the immediate <br />vicinity, notably North and Monument Lakes. Mr. W. B. <br />Cunningham, Superintendent of the Trinidad Water, <br />Sewer and Gas Department, representing City Manager Ray <br />Nixon, was host on this inspection and assisted materi- <br />ally in assembling data needed on various phases of the <br />Trinidad area. <br /> <br />Purpose <br /> <br />A primary purpose of this report is to appraise <br />the recreational potential of the Trinidad Reservoir in <br />relation to the needs of the section of Colorado where <br />it would be located. An additional purpose is the pre- <br />sentation of the general recreational facilities judged <br />to be warranted under the operation of the reservoir <br />for its primary purposes, both on the basis permitting <br /> <br />APPENDIX G <br />Exhibit No. 1 <br />Page 5 of 24 <br /> <br />'1:_ <br /> <br />,',' _",'.". _,' 'j-, ~ _'.J <br /> <br />