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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />CONSERVATION GROUPS <br />COMMENT LETTER <br /> <br />'Rued! w&!;er Sllle~ .....pen Wildernes WorJuhop <br />PIQ'. J Ciartield CountylCLti::ent <br />. A..~c;iatlon <br /> <br />o~r are. vi~ . b&d i~pr...ion.na will never return.. Bad 1b11cttF <br />5prelaa quiCkly .Dd ~.ir ~.rienc. will deter Q~~S_ The non-local <br />visitor. brin; in impo~.nt summar tour~lm dollar.. <br />Appendix C .tat.. that camp in; domina tad the ovarall u.. pattrn. Thit <br />i. probably more . function of the vly \.lIe i. m...urad than .ccur.~. <br />reflection of .c~u.l use. Since U.. figures Ita tor 12 hour i.ie., <br />they IIro .k.e....ed to.....rd an act.ivity l1k. campin;, U.. 1. nave1m.iuured <br />at the Yacht Club .0 . lar~. amount o[ boati"; activity La to ally <br />Lqnored. (Thi. al.o appli.. to Table ].16) Thi. point. .q&1 to tho <br />neod tor . co~pr.h.~~iv. use survey. <br />The draft dOCl.1lllent comparel iluec!i to other 1"~ CoJ:orado.z .rveir.. <br />It 11 lnlj)prnp.rl.t. to dlll.cribe molt of thiollle all '.tlellrtly' the ;tolr1t\Q' <br />For-Iit'Vall.y. 'Whil. t.hey _1 be Withln a 75 llIil. rac!iu.s, the lo.~.t <br />14_1onllll is o".r 2 hou.r. Ill"'.}" C:onsiderin; llI'C:celS, Il."ati.on, siz , ..t.tin;, <br />and u.~a=illtv. non. of the other reservoirs c.n mltch Ru.di' <br />recreational suitlbiLity, WhllQ Blue Me'l doe. ott.r lame co ~Irable <br />tacillties and opportunlties, Ilboit in I com~l.t.ly ditteren settinq, <br />it is nearly a 5 hour drlve (rom Glenwood Sprinqs and thuI no avaIlable <br />for day use by relidents of the Roarinq ForK Valley. <br />\hl draft. docurnen~ acknovLedg..11 a) thBt leClaltional u&. of uldi il <br />growlnq Ind will continue to do SOl b) thBt th~r. i. A hi~h n ed for <br />lake boati~ and ~i.hinq in t~i. vic~nity~ ~l t~.t Ruedi is . ~jO[ <br />14-8 rl!cr~ltion attraction on the Weltern Slop. I an:i d) t.hlt thero will be <br />adversei~pacts on recreation it r.lervolr Lovell rall below t e 87,000 <br />acre~foot l.vel between July 1 and September 7. But the Pr.l rred <br />Alternatlve do.. not incorporate any Ol ~~ese important point. Thi_ <br />needs to be corrected in the llnll document. <br /> <br />14-9 <br /> <br />It is not enouQh tor the Bureau ot Recllmltlon JUSt to Illov ther <br />aqenCles to identIfy conflicts with this dra~t proposll. We .el the <br />9ureau should have better conSld~red Forest Service plans ~or ~u.dl <br />in this cocument. The dralt Foro.t Service ~:Inaqement rlln, w~lcJ-. will <br />quide mlr:aqelllent decisionS lor the neXt 50 ~.elrs, stre...s th~i/TlPortance <br />o~ recreation in this regIon and the i~portanc. of Rucdi and t . <br />Frying- Pan River to recreltlon. Ona noteable con!llct bet~.ee the <br />P[e'~[tQti ~lter~at.ive'.nd Fe[ast SQr~ice ?~~ns is t~e e~~I~sio of <br />Freemln :':'!.u. They plan t.o dllvelop a nlee d.ly~use picniC Irel but the <br />Dureau pl~ns ~ill expose 800' at mud rla:. ~lon~ the shore. T is is <br />not at all conduciv~ to lhe picnlckinQ, ~at~t skilnq, svi~minq,slillnQ, <br />,1nd wi:'ldsut'li:-:J 'lctivitios th.1t th~ aroa wlll co dCSlc;ned :0 0!1'lr. <br />,\nothet' ~t}!ul1l::l~ conflict ls "'ltll tho Pt'opo:o~d !ull-o;,':"VIC'l ,.,...b.n,), <br />'rhe5o !,lill'lS l::dLCi:ltO .::J nl.Md !or '~o[o ri:lcilltL.;!lI OIt ,':\.1'''01 ~ Il..:cb\.lliC! <br />prcsen~ ~}Cili:.i'!s Iro belnq o'ltE:;rO\ln ~r.:i 'oaC:uuse the dellllnd ! r liKe <br />r~croation is :hQrQ. But lhuy dr~ pr.dl~atod on tho rr.liabl~ ~istanco <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />.----- <br /> <br />,--" <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />The draft EIS projects that the origin of Ruedi <br />recreationists will continue to shift from non-- <br />local to local users in the future. It further <br />states that because of the proximity, con- <br />venience, and long distances to other comparable <br />reservo i rs, 1 oca 1 recreat i on users wi 11 cont i nue <br />to use Ruedi until the reservoir level appro- <br />aches 52,000 acre-feet. Non-l Deal users, as the <br />comparison shows, have other options. The <br />comparison also illustrates that Ruedi is unique <br />in the region because it tends to have less <br />drawdown during the summer. <br /> <br />The Preferred Alternative would tend to make <br />Ruedi similar to other reservoirs in terms of <br />drawdown. <br />Recreation concerns were integrated into the <br />development of the Preferred Alternative through <br />hydrol ogi c modeli ng. Thi s approach attempted <br />to define a release schedule that would (1) keep <br />reservoir levels at or above 85,000 acre-feet <br />during summer months, and (2) result in river <br />flows that provided adequate trout habitat for <br />enhancement of stream fi shi ng. Other hydrologic <br />scenarios analyzed either had greater impacts <br />on summer reservoir levels or stream trout <br />habitat, or did not meet water sales require- <br />ments. <br /> <br />c:> <br />en <br />_1 <br />C. <br /> <br />RESPONSE <br /> <br />14-7: <br /> <br />14-8: <br /> <br />14-9: <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />w <br />" <br /> <br />Service plans and personnel were con- <br />duri ng all phases of the ElS prepara- <br />The proposed Freeman Mesa expansion could <br />take place and users of the sHe woul d <br />still have reasonable access to the reservoir <br />(under the Preferred Alternative). However, <br />there would be aesthetic impacts during dry <br />years when mudflats are exposed. <br /> <br />Forest <br />sulted <br />tion. <br />still <br />