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<br />lUORES PROJECT, COLOMOO <br />SLM'1t\RY <br />FEBRUARY 1976 <br /> <br />l.OCiill.ON <br />IbLORES AND f'bNTEZLJML\ CoUNTIES IN SoUTHWESTERN CoLORADO ON THE UPPER <br />CoLORADO RIVER PAsIN, <br /> <br />illIIlillRIZ8I. <br />CoNSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND t-1AINTENANCE OF THE !:bLORES PRoJECT WAS <br />AUTHORIZED BY THE CoLORADO RIVER PASIN PROJECT k:r OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1968 <br />(PUBLIC LAw 90-537). IT IS A PARTICIPATING PROJECT OF THE CoLORADO RIVER <br />STORAGE PROJECT ENACTED APRIL 11, 1956. (PuBLIC LAw 84-485) <br /> <br />SIAIUS. <br />THE BuREAU OF RECI.J'lJ.1ATION IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING ITS f!.DVAr--r;E <br />PLANNING INVESTIGATIONS OF THIS PROJECT. A DEFINITE PLAN REPORT IS <br />SCHEDULED FOR CG'1PLETION IN JUNE OF 1976. fIN ENvIRO~MENTAL IMPACT <br />STATfJVIENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY OF 1976. THE BuREAU <br />OF RECLN-1ATION IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO EXECUTE A REPAYMENT CONTRACT WIlH <br />THE L'oLORES ~.fATER CoNSERVANCY DISTRICT AND THE UTE f'bUNTAIN UTE TRIBE <br />IN 1976. <br /> <br /> <br />THE L'oLORES PROJECT WOULD DEVELOP AND fvV\NAGE WATER FHOM TIlE rOLORES <br />RIVER FOR IRRIGATION, MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE, RECREATION, AND FISH <br />AND WILDLIFE ENHANCfJVIENT. IT ~.rOULD ALSO PROVIDE FLOOD CONTROL, mPROVE <br />SlN'IER AND FALL RIVER FLOWS DOWNSTREA1-1, AND AID IN -n-JE ECONOf~1C REDEVEL- <br />OPMENT OF THE AREA. THE PROJECT AREA IS CURRENTlY CHl\RACTERIZED BY HIGH <br />UNEi~PLOY"IENT AND DEPRESSED INCO~1ES. THE P.PPROXI~V\TELY 12m ~\EfliBER UTE <br />NJlINTAlN UTE TRIBE HAVE BEEN SUBSIDING LARGELY ON FUNDS RECEIVED A <br />rU.1BER OF YEARS AGO FROfV1 OIL, GAS AND URANIUr1 LEASES. ~:ONE OF THE <br />RESOURCES \-\AVE PROVED TO BE ECONa<\ICAL TO DEVELOP UNDER CURRE.NT CO~[)l- , <br />nONS. TRIBIIL FUNDS ARE NO~I A!}'()ST EXHAUSTED, THE TRIBE HAS A 2':-.00 <br />HEAD BEEF CATTLE HERD THAT GRAZES ON THE SPARCE VEGETATION ON TilE <br />RESERVATION AND RECEIVES SUPPLEMENTAL FEED FROM A FEW RANC,IIES LOCATED <br /> <br />-4- <br />