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<br />. <br /> <br />08'68 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />feet are planned for irrigation. This would result in <br />a fer~lcal drop of 41.5 feet from the full poo.l level <br />a.. a reductlon In surface area to 975 acres. Bowever, <br />1. tbose years wbere tbe full lrrlgation pool 1s not <br />'attal.e., wltbdrawals to satisfy the irrigation yoluae <br />wou14 be aade from the s.dlment re.erve pool, even to <br />the polnt of complete dralnage. ' , <br /> <br />Operation studi.s over a twenty-five-year <br />per~d of study by tbe Corps of Engineers indlcate tbe <br />re.e""81r would be emPt15~7' of .tbe ti... Bowever, <br />tb~. would usually occurdurlnl the recreation Sea8OB. <br />>>arlD1 tbls study period, the reservolr wo~ld haYe <br />been dry, or almost dry, durin,g tbe IfUllller season, of <br />siz of tbe twenty-five years. This would have elimi- <br />aated tbe recreational value of the reservoir about one <br />year i8 four. ' <br /> <br />, IDclusion of municipal water storage, or other <br />modifications of the tentative operation plans, eould <br />materially alter the data gben. <br /> <br />Physical.characteristics <br /> <br />~xcept in the upper reaches of the main valley <br />and side canyons, the reservoir would have co.paratively <br />slight horizontal fluctuation of shoreline, due to the <br />topography of the site, a fairly broad, flat valley <br />floor with moderately steep sides. This would lessen <br />the flood plain and increase the aesthetic value. The, <br />surrounding country, rising fairly abruptly from the <br />shoreline (espeCially at promontories extending out <br />into the reservoir area) tends to level off and become <br />flat or gently rolling, typical of regions of siailar <br />geological structu~e, consi$ting of sandstone beds, <br />interspersed with shale and coal beds and occasional <br />intrusions of basalt. <br /> <br />The vicinity of the reservoir is fairly at- <br />tractive due to the physical characteristics of the~ <br />area coupled with plant growth consisting of open pin- <br />yon-juniper forest type whtch extends downward to the <br />proposed water level. This open pinyon-juniper growth <br />has an understory of short-grass, typical of the high <br />plains extending to the east. ' The area might be con- <br />sidered a transition zone for these two cover types. <br />It would be espeCially scenic'to people coming froa the <br />great Plains area to the east. Fisher's Peak, located <br />very pro.ine~tly'to the east, and the Sangre de Cristo <br /> <br />APPENDIX G: <br />Exhibit No. 1 <br />Page 9. of 24 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />''j , <br /> <br />