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OQ32G3 In return, the Grey Mountain and Rockwell Reservoir sites would be left undesignated for possible future water development. In addition, H.R. 3547 recognizes that development of water storage and hydroelectric power facilities below the community of Poudre Park is not incompatible with designation of the Wild and Scenic River, if such development is accompanied by reasonable measures to minimize impact on the Wild and Scenic River. The Bill also recognizes that Highway 14 can be relocated to provide for access around the water storage and power facilities as necessary to reach the Wild and Scenic River. A permit for study of the Poudre Water and Power Project has been granted to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Poudre Project involves the Grey Mountain Reservoir site, which will form a reservoir body just below the Wild and Scenic River, downstream from the community of Poudre Park. A forebay to the Grey Mountain Reservoir will be located on Grey Rocks Peak. The Glade Reservoir, an off-channel feature along the hogback north of Highway 14, will fill by means of a diversion from the Grey Mountain Reservoir (See pictures in Appendix B). In combination, these reservoirs will provide adequate storage capacity for the Poudre Basin's water supply future. From the standpoint of water conservation, power production, recreation and preservation of environmental values, the combination of a seventy-five mile stretch of Wild and Scenic River and the Poudre Project below will serve the citizens of Northeastern Colorado far into the future. Conclusion Last year Representative Brown proposed a Poudre Wild and Scenic River Bill which would have preserved the possibility of building a number of reservoirs upstream of Poudre Park. (See pictures in Appendix B.) The water users thought this was necessary in order to preserve Northeastern Colorado's water supply and energy needs for the future. But constructing reservoirs' at the Idylwilde and Indian Meadows sites would have disrupted a Wild and Scenic River with significant deletions. Environmental interests were extremely concerned about this. A stalemate occurred and that Bill died in committee. Breaking the stalemate involved water users agreeing to legislative language which would designate the Idy1wi1de and Indian Meadows sites as Wild and Scenic, rendering those projects unbui1dab1e. Accordingly, seventy-five miles out of eight-three total miles of the Poudre River can now be included in the Wild and Scenic Rivers system. In return, environmentalists have recognized that the Wild and Scenic River can co-exist with water and power development on the Poudre below Poudre Park and that the Rockwell Reservoir site on the South Fork of the Poudre River can also be set aside for future water supply. -5-