WSP11326

• File Number: 8141
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 9/27/1990
• Author: The Pueblo Chieftan
• Title: The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project A Vision Fulfilled
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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jcompletion celebrated Friday

~ John S.lyre, as~i~tanl secretary for
3- "ater and science with the Depart.
0' ment orlhe Interior. "ill head Ihe
n speakers at Friday':i ccJcbrJlion of
~ Ihe completion of the fr)ingp.ln-
~ Arkansas Project.
] The c\'cnt marh the completion of
I Ihe Fish Hatchery below the Pueblo
i Dam. the last major construction in
~ the project by the Bureau of Reda.
~ mation. As with other projects. the
i fcdcr~ll gO\crnmcnt willlurn the fish
:: hatchery O\er to the state for man-
. agcmcnt upon completion.
f! In attendance will be Roger K.
~ Patterson, regional director for the
. BUTeau of Reclamation. and IXnnis
~ Donald. for G\lV. Roy Romer.
!. The cclcbrati(m oct;ins at 10:30
i ~l.m. <tl L.\le Pucblo\ northsidc pic.
1ft nic :trC~l. The South High &'hool
~ b~nd \\ ill perform music.\1 M:kctions
g undc.;r the direction of Alfred Co-
~ lelto.
l Ceremonies begin at II a.lll. with
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3n invocation by Lllha John &no.
J. Selby Young. the lirst prcsident
of the SoutheJSICrn Colorado W..Her
('onseryancy District. will mJkc
opening remJrls. followed by R;lY
Nixon. tQ(,h1y's presidenl.
Evcry past and present memocr of
Congress or go\'crnor "ho worked
on the proj\."Ct since il bc:gan in 196:!
has been invited. Many cannot
3Uend, but Ie-llers of regret :lnd con-
gratulations will he recognized.
Members of Congress \\ ho h..l\e dk-d
will be honored as wcll.
A barbecue luncheon will follow
lhe ceremony. Cost is S8 per pcrwn.
EntCftainment will be pro\'ided by
Colorado Outdoor Performing Arts,
a group seeking to build an outdoor
amphitheater at lake Pueblo.
Following the luncheon at I p.m.
there '&'ill be an open houS(' 31 the
Pueblo F;"h Hatchery, the Rock
Can)-on S" im lk'"3ch and the Pueblo
Re~noir Ikadqu;uh"n.

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A Day to celebrate

Friday, September 28. t990
10.30 ..m.
Public Picnic Asea. NOfthside Uarina
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Saw the project through

From Ihe inception of the political push for transmountain water in the late 19405
10 his death on July 24, 1989. Pueblo Chieltain Publisher Frank Haag Jr. conlin-
ued to have an interest In the completion of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. In
1968, he surveyed the project with Bureau 01 Reclamation Projec1 Manager J.L.
Oglivie with the aid of a Bell Helicopter. Here. from left. Ogilvie. pilol Jack BI~er
and Haag posed prior to lakeoff while on the trip.

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Sayre to lead ceremony
rriday's cdcbr;nion of the Fr)ingpan-
Arkan""s Proj....cl ",ill fealure t\~...i~tanl
Se-crctary of the Inlcrior John ~1. 5.J)"re
i1'i keynote ~JX'Jkcr.
Sayre owr<,ecs the Bureau of Red;l-
m;1tion. the U.S. GcologicClI Sun!.')' and
the Bureau of \-lines. 1 h<hC orE;Jnl/a-
lions h;l\c J combined budgel of S 1.7
billion.
Sayre is... nati\( of Bouldl'r. lie grad-
uatcd cum l.Jude from the Uni\'cnity of
Colorado in 19"3 and h."--c1\\.-d his J.D.
d\.~rlX there in 19"8.
Sa}rc <;cnl.'d as a n;I\Y offic\."r from
19"3 to 1946 and in pri...ate law pra":lic.:(
at Boulder from 1950 to 1966.
Sayre \.Io.tS a p;.Inn\."f in the natural re.
wun:es dl'p<Snmelll of lhe: Dem(r firm
of Davts. GrOlnam and Slubb-i from 1966
to 1989.
Ill.' has. been ,)s.~iOlted "ith l~ Colo-
rado WOller Congre.s, ~orthcrn Colora-
do Water ConSC'f\'aTK.-Y Di..~rict.
l'ationa) Water Rl's.OUrces Commission.
American Waler Works and the: U.S.
Committee on Irrig;ltion and Drainage.
Ill.' now li\cs in Ros.s.))'n. Va., "ith hi..
\\ife k3n ~1illcr 5<I.)'rc.

John Sayre
Aernote speaher

Commemorative edition

This commemorative section of the Pueblo Chieftain
was prepared to coincide with Friday's celebration
of the completion of the Fryingpan-Arkansas pro-
jcct. The history and impact of the projcct are de-
tailed in the next few pages.