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<br />Preconstruction <br />Activities <br /> <br />Pn'l'on~trll('tion :lc'livitil'S aT\' ,'nll'{'t'lling <br />on till' Fruitland ;\lpsa I'rojl'l't in <br />Colorado, On .Iulle Z;l. 1 !lfi!l, tlw <br />Frtlltland :\11's<I \\'all'r ('onsl'rvancy <br />Dlstrkt 1',,,'\'Il[l'd a l"l'paynwnt ('ontrat'l <br />with till' Pllitl'd Statl's. TIll' FruiL1and <br />l\l('sa Projl'ct, <llllhllrlZl'd fur <br />con.~trlldiol1 in 1 mil. will provide <br />n'wrvuir storagt' and fi'l!ldalion of <br />surplus nows of (:llllnisull Hiv!'r <br /> <br />trihutarit,s. ~Iost of tIll' lands tu rl'{'piv\' <br />irril!ation Wall'f aTf' nurth of till' Black <br />Canyon lwar ('rawford, Colorado. <br /> <br />Advam'l' planning stlldii'S are in pru~n'ss <br />011 Ih,' Savl'ry.l'ol Ilook I'rojl'd. Tht' <br />dl'finih' plan fi'port is .~dH'dlllt'd for <br />compldioll in F'{ lD71. This projl'('t <br />whkh lit,S along tlH' Colorado-Wyoming <br />honh-f was allthorbwd ill 1!11;.1. It will <br />n'~ulau' trihutary rtows of till' Litlll' <br />Snake ltivl'r for irrigat.ion. and will <br />providl' fish and wildlif(' and recn'ation <br />valul's. <br /> <br />lnn'stigalinn work proc'l'f'ds on two <br />unib of t.hl' authoriz('d lniliall'has..' of <br />thp ('PIlt.ral tltah I'roJl'd. A J>pfinilt' Plan <br />Ikport h;L<; ht'l'll prppan'd Oil till' ,Ipnsl'n <br />Unit ;lIld pn'constnh'tion work is <br />ulHhn....ay on 111(' Upako Unit. Both <br />units WIll hI' localt-d in till' Uinta Basin <br />of norllli'astl'fIl Utah and holh witl <br />ht'lH'fit irrig:lt.ion, fish and wildliff', <br />fl'('fl'atitlll, ami nlHJd ('onlrol. ]n <br />addItion, tilt' ,!t'IlSI'Il Unit wi I] d('vt'lop <br />municipal and industrial wat.l'r. <br /> <br />TIll' I'n'sidt'nt.'s Budgd for FY 1971 <br />pro....idl's for st.art of adValH'(' planlling <br /><tctivil.i('s to Iwgin afh'r ,hull' :10, 1 ~)70, <br />on II)!' l\nimas.l,al'latn, Dallas Cn'c'k and <br />Dolon's I'rojl'\'(1O. TIle' projl'l'I1O wpn' <br />;lllthorizl'd ill 1 !)(jK for ('onstrUl'tioll as <br />parliclpating proj('('\s of till' Coloradn <br />Hi'll'r Storagt' I'roJl'd. All of 1]11' <br />projt'('L<; an' in Wl's(A'fll Colormlo. hut till' <br />.\nil1w:-i.Lal'lata also f'Xl.l'llCls OV('f tilt' <br />St;!tt' linl' into Nt.w ~lt'xi('o. <br /> <br />Studlt's an' \'(Hltilluing (mlhe' UillLab <br />Unit in nortlwaskrn Ut.ah, whil'h is a <br />um! of tlll' Ct'ntrallltah I'Tl>J"('l. This <br />unit was authorizl'd in 1 miX. hut <br />t'ollstnlt'!ion is t'(Jl1tin~l'nt upon a <br />finding of f('asihility hy tIll' Sp<Tl'lary of <br />Inkrior. <br /> <br />fl <br />