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<br />) 0~.12.03 New plan for water ree park developed <br /> <br />001234 <br /> <br />Su per <br /> <br /> <br />I. om <br /> <br />SEARCH: I <br />(i' GJSentinel C Web <br /> <br />A prohet orne DdJ SeRa-el, Grad JDR~".QIJcJ""" <br /> <br /> <br />Tell me how to: <br />Buy a subscription <br />Buy a print ad <br />Buy an online ad <br />Reach newsroom <br />Reach web staff <br />Write to the editor <br />Set my homepage <br /> <br />07.12.03 New plan for water ree park developed <br /> <br />By GARY HARMON The Daily Sentinel <br /> <br />Kayakers, endangered fish and hikers within two years could share the <br />Colorado River at the mouth of De Beque Canyon. <br /> <br />Eventually, a hydroelectric power plant could also operate there. <br /> <br />Representatives of federal agencies, kayakers and other recreational interests <br />and entrepreneur Eric Jacobsen this week carved out a conceptual plan for the <br />future of the Price-Stubb diversion dam. <br /> <br />The plan calls for the construction of a zig-zag kayak course just below the <br />existing dam with an 800-foot long fish ladder along the river. The ladder and <br />another at the Highline diversion upstream would reopen miles of river long <br />closed off to the Colorado pike minnow and razorback sucker, both endangered <br />species. <br /> <br />It also would leave the path clear for Jacobsen to pursue his dream of building <br />the Peach Queen power plant at the dam site. <br /> <br />The agreement makes it possible to move forward with a complete design by <br />December, collect bids and begin construction in the late fall of 2004, said Brent <br />Uilenberg of the Grand Junction office of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />It holds the promise of capping off a decade of controversy about the fate of the <br />dam, which had been considered for destruction to clear the river for the <br />endangered fish. <br /> <br />Jacobsen's application for a federal permit for the plant has expired, but he also <br />owns adjacent land and water rights. <br /> <br />The deal to push everything calls for Jacobsen to contribute the first 100 cubic <br />feet per second of his water right to the fish ladder and 967 cfs to the water park <br />on weekends, evenings and federal holidays. <br /> <br />It is during those times that demand for hydroelectricity is anticipated to be <br />minimal, Uilenberg said. <br /> <br />The water would be available for the plant during higher-demand times when <br />it's less likely the kayak course would be in use. <br /> <br />Jacobsen "gave water and access," said Pete Winn of Western Association To <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Make yc <br />GjBe <br />It's Eas <br /> <br />.......0.. <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />http://www.gjsentinel.comlnews/newsfd/auto/feed/news/2003/07 /12/1 057989932.15255.3... 7/14/2003 <br />