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, United States Department of the Interior BUREAU OF RECLAMATION UPPER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE P.O. BOX 11568 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 September 28, 1973 IN ',EPLY 730 RHER TO: 500.2/123.& To: Gilbert G. Stamm, Commissioner of Reclamation From: David L. Crandall, Regional Director, Upper Colorado Region Subject: Concluding Report--Grand Mesa Project, Colo. TRANSMITTAL Transmitted herewith is my report summarizing results of feasibility studies of the Grand Mesa Project, a potential multiple-purpose water re- source development in west-central Colorado. The project would develop water from streams draining into the Gunnison River and its North Fork from the south slopes of Grand Mesa. Most of the water supply developed would be used for irrigation but the project also would provide munici- pal and domestic water supplies and would create recreational opportuni- ties and fish and wildlife benefits. The report makes no recommendations for further Federal action on the project at this time. It does, however, preserve the results of the studies made for use in the future if changing circumstances indicate that renewed consideration of the project is warranted. Feasibility studies of the Grand Mesa Project have been made in ac- cordance with the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956, which named the project as one of 25 potential participating projects to be given priority in the completion of planning reports. The Bureau of Reclamation sponsored the investigations leading to this report. Several other Federal agencies participated in the studies, including the Forest Service, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild- life, Bureau of Land Management, Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Mines, En- vironmental Protection Agency, and Public Health Service.