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<br />. <br /> <br />0865 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />complete draining where necessary to satisfy irrigation <br />demands, and on a basis w~ich would give reasonable as- <br />surance of a llIinbl.UIIl storage. At the request of the <br />sponsoring agency, an estimate of the benefits which <br />should accrue fro~ recommended recreational development <br />is also included. <br /> <br />SUIIIIIlary <br /> <br />The Trinidad Reservoir would be close to the <br />city of Trinidad and in a section where day-use recrea- <br />tion facilities are inadequate even though superb moun- <br />tain scenery of high tourist-drawing caliber lies to <br />the west just beyond normal day-use distance. Its pri- <br />mary purposes are flood control and irrigation. Munici- <br />pal water supply may be added as an additional function. <br />The impoundment, at full irrigation pool, would create <br />a lake about six miles long and ranging down from one <br />mile width at the dam, with several side reaches. It <br />would have an interesting, irregular shoreline in a <br />setting of high scenic quality, although not spectacu- <br />lar in comparison to scenery in the not-too-distant <br />mountains. The water surface at full irrigation pool <br />would cover 1660 acres. <br /> <br />The reservoir could adequately meet the local <br />area recreational needs were it not for the proposed <br />operational program which would not retain any conser- <br />vation pool when it is needed to supply the planned <br />irrigation demands. Thus, the actual dry-reservoir <br />possibility, periodically materializing, greatly re- <br />duces the recreational potential. <br /> <br />Due to changing fuel demands, with increased <br />production costs, coal mining, formerly the chief source <br />of income for the section, has suffered retrenchment. <br />Trinidad and vicinity needs new industry to check a de- <br />cline in population and economic outlook of the com- <br />munity. Expansion of the tourist-serving industry <br />could be one solution. Trinidad is in the fringe, but <br />not the heart, of the vacation wonderland of the Rocky <br />Mountain region. It is the gateway to quite a sector <br />of this mountain attraction. Many natural complement- <br />ing features create the tourist interest. Among these <br />are mountain reservoirs and resorts; peaks and running <br />streams; scenic drives and breath-taking panoramas; a <br />unit of San Isabel National Forest, and Capulin Moun- <br />tain National Monument. However, the region lacks a <br /> <br />APPENDIX G <br />Exhibit No, 1 <br />Page 6 of 24 <br /> <br />APPENDIX G <br />Exhibit No.1 <br />P&ge 7 of 24 <br />