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<br /> <br />5 <br /> <br /> <br />The South Platte River Valley in the Narrows area has been <br /> <br /> <br />ravaged by floods many times. Significant floods of record <br /> <br /> <br />occurred in l81f4, l864, l867, l876, l894 , 1921, 1933, 1935 , and <br /> <br /> <br />1965. The Narrows Reservoir would reduce flood damages in the <br /> <br /> <br />downstream valley by an average of $96l,000 annually, as estimated <br /> <br /> <br />by the Corps of Engineers. <br /> <br />The National Park Service has formulated a recreation plan <br /> <br /> <br />for the unit. The Fish and Wildlife Service similarly has <br /> <br /> <br />formulated a plan for the enhancement of fishery values. Both <br /> <br /> <br />plans have been incorporated as coordinate purposes in the overall <br /> <br />Bureau plan of development. <br /> <br />The basic Narrows Reservoir that would be needed for irrigation <br /> <br />and flood control would, by itself, provide substantial recreation <br /> <br />and fish-wildlife values. However, those basic values would be <br /> <br />increased substantially by the acquisition of adjacent Jackson Lake, <br /> <br />by the acquisition of additional lands, by the use of some basic <br />reservoir rights-of-way lands for recreation purposes, and by the <br /> <br />construction of specific recreation facilities. These additions are <br /> <br />included in the total unit plan of development. The cooperating <br />agencies have estimated that the unit would produce average annual <br />benefits as follows: fish and wildlife, $292,700; recreation, <br />$790,000; total $l,082,700. <br />