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<br />0006liO <br /> <br />N...bT/i. #/. <br />r~ 200/ <br /> <br />PwrpoJ.e ad tig~ <br /> <br />On April I!. 195tJ,lhe Colorado Riwr Smrage <br />ProjI;'C[ Act \('3S pasS<c'J by Congress. for the <br />purpose!., among others. Of reclamation of arid <br />lands: regul:ning river 110w: flood control; <br />storage and deli\'erv 'Of .....::uer for beneticial <br />cQn~umplive u~s; providing public outdoor <br />rcue-alian: improving conditions for fish and <br />wildlik and proyiding hydl'Ql."lectric pown. <br />CurecanlrNRA i~'as neate~ by Section S'of <br />this act-to pro\'iJe puhlic'recreationa] facilities; <br />10 conserve Ihe l-tt:ller'\'. Ihe natural. historir.:. <br />and archt'ologic ob}el.ts. and the wildlife: to <br />prl?viJe for publk use anJ enjoymem of the' <br />lands and water :lre;ll. al Cure.::!n!i by suer <br />mean.s as are conr;istent with the primal')' pur- <br />poses of the oyerall project: and 10 pro, ide fa- <br />cilities to. mitigate ]os<;('s of. and improve con- <br />ditiohs for. the propagation of fish and ....ildlife. <br /> <br />Other legislation nffecting thl: managl:rTh:nt of <br />the ~RA includes tht" National Environmental <br />Policy Act. the National Historic Pre..er.ation <br />An. the Archeological Resoul\:e.~ Prote<:titln <br />Act.lhe Endangc~d Species Act and the I~ Itl <br />Or~anic Act. whil:h' created the National Park <br />St'T\ice. The Organic Act ~tat("s: '"n'l' un'iet' <br />(h~f l's"lblishrd Ilwll promolt' allll rl'gulatl' Ihe <br />u.~t' tl/ rhe Federal area:~ klUJWfI as natiO/wl <br />I'drlcr. monurnenlJ, (lIld re.f<I:T"\'aliO!l!i 1/('rl'il1<1f- <br />ler .~pl','ified bv JI.d, ftll"tl!l.f and 'nea.Iurt's uS <br />amform 10 (Ii; fimdamelltdl PII,.,w.\'" of tht' ".rid <br />parlcr.'mmllunf-ntJ, and re5lV'\'oti01t!i. .....I,iell <br />pllrpt>se LI 10 CO/Huw'lhe !i(.ene1"\. (mJ the' <br />I/murplllll/l hislon'c objects and Ih,' .....ild tift: <br />Iherdn and 1(> prlll"idt' for Iht' enjoymel/I oj tht' <br />.f,mlt' in .fuch m"l/nt'r ,md b.\' Juch meCllls a.J <br />.....i111etl\:r Ill.'''' unimpclired jor threlljoY/ll,'nf <br />.ojfu(ure gt'nrmrimu,'~ <br /> <br />Given these congressional mandates. and with <br />(he help of input from puhlic in\'olwmcnt th:1l <br />was o:ondUl;tcd during the Jcn'lopmcnt (If the <br />19Q7 Grnallf,\{an<1gl'/Ilr!lt PIW1, the Park Ser- <br />vice hac. <,t3.tl.'d (he puJ"flO!>C of the :"RA to b.:: <br />.' To ('onfer\l' the sCt:nt:,..,.. l/a/ural. und ('ul. <br />lur,,1 r('Stlun:t:s. tI11a lvildhf~ ofCUrCCllnri <br />,\"lulorwl R.'crearion..-\rC(I <br />To IIlllndl:lI' tM land.J. \\"al/'rJ, fisl! and <br />.....i/cll(fc. und r('at'mic)!",1 (J('flrillt'.f ol <br />CurC14mti X<lri(J1wl Re,'rra/ion Area by <br />mcans 11/d( ,/Ft' emui.Hen/ .....i'h Rrdama- <br /> <br />lion 1<1\\". as mnl'ndeJ and supplemenud. <br />i/ldudin.~ rht. purfH"W~ oJlhe Colorado <br />Rn'~r Sroragl' Pro jel'l ACJ and the {/ru:om- <br />pahgr/' p'm}~ct. and Bureau of Recfam<J- <br />,ioll ar;:ret;'fflt;'l'Ils afft'cJinx the ol'('rarioll (./ <br />Ihr Aspin.i/I Unit diU! the I./ncomf'lll,r;:rt' <br />Project. <br />To prrn'ide jor public undt'nrandin.~. U.H' <br />.mti t'njoymrnl in such ./ .....".\" (n to ensure <br />rrsourn.'.Ctmsen'arion and I'iJitor ,faIn)' <br />_by estllbli.fhin.r;: <lnd muintaining facililic.J <br />,!nd prOl'iding pmlCt:til'c and imnprniw' <br />se1"\'icr.f, <br /> <br />Slgnifi~anl'e is summ;lriud In sla(e{Jk'ntslha( <br />ca('(ure the essence of Curecanti's impor-a.nce <br />to lhe nation's natural and cultural he-ritage. <br />and.~hal recognize the imponance of the unique-. <br />recreational and scenic n:sources in the area. <br />. Curecanli"s signitkance is aSSlx:ialC'd with the <br />following three topIL"5: . <br /> <br />(I J \\"atl'r R~~(lur~ Thl: I.'\'olution of Ilk <br />in (he G4Jnnison Basin and its ultimate <br />d..~nJen.:e on waler isillu.<;u"llleJ and in- <br />terpreted at Cun:canti, E~'idencc of the ' <br />impaclthat water has had on past Sl."uk- <br />menls and developments 'abounds in the <br />Mea's geology and' history. The quality of <br />wa~r in the Gunni!)Ofi River has been <br />identified as a nalur.l.1 treasun'. <br /> <br />The Uncompahgre Proj<:CI was authorized <br />in 1903 and constructed in the early 190(}"s <br />to provide ioigation wala from the Gl,ln- <br />nison Riq'r to the Vncompahgie,\'alley. <br />Th~ Gunnison tunnel and its divl.'rsion <br />dam al Ea...t Ponal .....ere completed h) <br />IQI~. The o-mik long Gunnisoll (uJUlCI is <br />an 3ctiveirrigation-<;ttucture .....hich isrec- <br />ognized as a ~:1!ional Civil Engineering <br />L1ndmarlL <br /> <br />The Aspinall Unit (fum'll.'rl) Curecanli <br />[!nitl .....as one- of the ini(ial stor.Jge units of <br />(he Colondo Ri\er Stom,lle Projl:t:t. 'rhe <br />need for (he Colomdo Rivcr SlOr.lge Pro- <br />jl.'Cl was eO\i"'1bned as earl... ao; 'IQ~~ .....ith <br />a plan submitted to Congr-e-s!' in 1~50. The <br />proje~t ....as JuthorizM l'1y tbe Colomoo <br />Ri"'r Storage Proje~( Ad of 11)50 to pro- <br /> <br />~3 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />BUR ;., (-h<Jrg(.d....;ih.('on51~"..rion. <br />,,~ru'i",,<1Jid,~jnt.'n<J'l<.tofIJr(. <br />:\J'pllluI1L:..i!<lTldlh..l'n('omf'<1hgrt <br />Projnt JmM find rtlau,IJ"d/ilit.l. <br /> <br />". . . to. proddt' for <br />irrigarion.flood cOlllroJ, <br /> <br />"ydrot'lali.jc power. fish <br />and wildJif(', ~~l(1 <br /> <br />rl'crnllioll." <br /> <br />~:~~~~J <br />... . 'if: <br />~. . <br />.., . <br />t,,-, ,. <br />l.,~ . <br />J.j>C" . .,.t~ <br />fl.:......>'!~ <br /> <br />.\Iorm,,' P"im D<'m i'! orte (If rhrtO" <br />dm1l.l'''f lilt .-t'pmll/L Unit built <br />d..rin.~thtf)()".I(J"d 70'1' <br />&..,~.."jR"J.v..o"""PIr<H" <br />