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ll-lE DAI'~SITE TO A PERENNIAL STATUS, PuBLIC LAw 93-621 OF JANUARY 3, 1q75 PROVIDES THAT THE DoLORES RIVER BELOW r1:PHEE DAMSITE SI-LI\LL BE STUDIED AND A DETERMINATION MADE BY JANUARY 3, 1976, AS TO WHETHER IT WILL QUALIFY FOR A DESIGNATION UNDER THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM. STORAGE RELEASES FROM THE RESERVOIR WILL GREATLY ENI-Ll\NCE SCENIC, FISHERY AND RECREATION VALUES AND SI-PULD ASSIST IN />'lAKING THAT REACH OF STREAM QUALIFY FOR A DESIGNATION. PRII'lARY REGULATION OF THE l)JLORES RIVER WOULD BE PROVIDED AT THE 38L1m ACRE-FOOT rtPHEE RESERVOIR WHICH \,,OULD BE FORf'lIED ON THE RIVER AT THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE PROJECT AREA BY tftcPHEE DAM AND GREAT Cur DIKE, ~1uNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL STORAGE FOR THE TOWN OF l)JVE CREEK WOULD BE PROVIDED AT THE 560 ACRE-FOOT I'bNLMENT CREEK RESERVOIR LOCATED AT AN OFFSTREAM SITE IN THE l)JVE CREEK AREA, ON THE RECOrMENDATION OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, SEVERAL MEASURES ARE PLANNED FOR WILDLIFE M/lJIlAGEI'~ENT, A RESERVOIR IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT DAWSON DRAW IN THE I'bNTEZUI1A VAIJ..E( ARf.'A FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF I'IATERFOWL. THIS RESERVOIR WOULD ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISHING, BOATING AND PICNICKING, PJ...SO, AN AREA NEAR THE EXISTING TOmN LAKE \'IOULD BE DEVELOPED BY CONSTRUCTION OF DIKES TO PROVIDE INCREASBJ NESTING AREAS FOR WATERFOI'IL, PROJECT FUNDS WOULD BE PROV!DBJ FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND NORTH AND EAST OF THE DoLORES RIVER FOR WINTER RANGE TO MITIGATE BIG GAME HABITAT LOSSES CAUSED BY THE PROJECT. PROJECT WATER \','OULD BE DISTRIBUTED BY A CANAL AND LATERAL SYSTEM CON- STRUCTED AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND BY ENLARGEMENT OF PART OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF THE ~'bNTEZiJ1'1A VALLF::f IRRIGATION Cot1P/l,NY, THE IklVE CREEI< CANAL h'OULD BE THE />'IAJOR PROJECT CANAL. IT WOULD RECEIVE I"ATER PUi~PED FROM rtPHEE RESERVOIR AT GREAT CUT DIKE BY THE GREAT CUT PlJ1t,p- ING PLANT AND EXTEND ABOUT 9-1 MILES NORTIMEST TO r'bNUi'iENT CREEK REs- ERVOIR. OTHE PROJECT COrNF::fANCE FACILITIES ~IOULD INCLUDE THE SOUTH CAt.JlIL, A BRANCH OF THE l)JVE CREEK CANALi THE J\')LORES TUNNEL, EXTENDING -6-