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<br />, , <br /> <br />A <br />'f!!f9 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />o <br />C\I <br /> <br />The photo on the follo\-ling page Sh01'lS the propos en r('~01_~VG.~ <br /> <br />basin and damsite and the present environment. <br /> <br />The reservoir would t'cplace about 2 'lll.Cr:..:S of strC31f1 fisi1ir._(~d <br /> <br />'"ith 365 acres of lake fishing. This reach,of the stream is nOJ <br /> <br />held in private o'tolner_ship and not op~:'n to general publi;: \;'':;0. 'j'L~~ <br /> <br />area is utilized as grazing land fot' lJ,vestock, deel~ and (.~lJ\ du~:-:,;:<g <br /> <br />the summer and fall seasons. <br /> <br />Land ,"_':::j:~c.::ill <br /> <br />LO the 'reservni r <br /> <br />. <br />13 <br />are j1'! <br /> <br />"he White River National Forest. <br /> <br />Ripple Dam would be a rolled earth ~tTllcture 210 feet h 'gh, <br /> <br />30 feet wide, and 1,790 fept long. The resenloir creat,'d c,y the d.% <br /> <br />would have a capacity of 20,000 acre,-fe"t and a surface ,ll:ec. of 365 <br /> <br />acre's. About 3, 000 acr~-f('8t of the "~''':",,=it:: would be deD" ,me! <br /> <br />inactive and would conserve newly (h~'.h.-"l~.\p2'd':,.fish and recreation <br /> <br />resources. <br /> <br />Recreation facilities ~.,oulcl be cOf1.<-;r:t"ucted s_t. the reticr"/oir <br /> <br />and would include campgroundS) picnic s ices ~ boat ramp, par"k i-ng an;,:s ~ <br /> <br />overlooks, trails, access roads, and sanitation. Necessary facilities <br /> <br />Vlould be landscaped and designed to harmonize with the existing <br /> <br />ecological systems. The site would complement present recre;1tion <br /> <br />developments and provide a base location for recrcationists Jesiring <br /> <br />to visi.t and explore: surrounding scenic attrr~ctions, including the <br /> <br />adjacent Flat Tops Primitive and Trappers Lal,e areas. <br /> <br />Earth borrow materials for conFltruction of the dam ~'l\)uld coml;! ; :~0m <br /> <br />17 <br />