8042

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8042
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
• USFW Year: 1966.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

. . . 1 data Yields attained during the

to support and adjust the l.nlltla productive under proper manage-
. d' t the SOl s are
1966 season mIca ,e

ment.

C Eden Project . th
. C nty sou -
., d in Sweetwater ou , .
The Eden Project IS loca~e th of Rock Springs. Major
. b t 45 mIles nor, 00
wE.stern Wyommg, a ?U Bi Sandy Reservoir (39,7 acre-
physical features consIst of t~e (7g 500 acre-feet). There are 113
feet) and the Eden ReservOlr ~ the project. The present pro-
1 d laterals to ser\' e
miles of cana s an . ht is 17 088 acres.
. t area undEr water ng ,
.lec . . . t d' 1907 under the Carey
. 1 twas Imtlae m W te
IrrigatIOn deve opmen h' d in 1940 under the a r
'1' t' was aut onze d d r
Act, and rehabllta ~~n. Act of 1939, but work was stoppe u-
Conservation and UtllIzatIOn f the War Production Board. Work was
ing World War II by order 0 I ation by the Act of June 28, 194~,
resumed by the Bureau of Resce::ment by the Department .of Agn-
with land improvement and d' 1950 and was completed m 1960.
culture. Constructi?n starte I~ Bureau-constructed works ~n 1953.
First water was aVailable throug 0 th 'Eden Valley IrrigatIOn and
d J 8 195, e . f t-
By contract date une, 'bility for repayment 0 cons. r~c
Drainage District assumed resPo~S~_year period with the remammg
tion cost of $75 an acre over a f the Colorado River Storage
costs to be repaid from rev.e~ues n~e is being performed by the
Project. Operation and ~amf end as advanced by the District.
' 1 t' on usmg un
Bureau of Rec ama 1 , . r 'ted
., ears short growmg season, ImI
Short water supplIes m som~ y d.'fons and farm management
. eneral economIC con 1 1 ,
crop productIOn, g . .. f rm income.
have been factors lImltmg a

I .., nd Improvement
Rehaodltatlon a .' It ral Stabilization
H AdministratIOn, Agncu u. d the
The Farmers o~e h S'l Conservation ServIce, an
d Conservation SerVIce, t e 01 t' . improving adverse pro-
an f have been ac lYe m
Bureau of Reclama IOn

ject conditions. . f the House
. d Insular Affairs 0 8
The Committee on Intenor an 'n House Report No. 172
. f th 87th Congress 1 . ts eview
of Representatives. 0 e f Wyoming reclamation proJec r .

sugge~te? thteo:~~~Iyn~~~::I~m:tion projects iBn the Stao~ ~e~~:~~:~
commISSIOn . 1963 The ureau rse
The report was published. m m~ission's report and the adve
has been studying the rev~ew co
situation on the Eden ProJect.

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As a step in alleviating water shortages on the Eden Project
a contract in the amount of $461,981 was awarded for lining selected
sections of the Means Canal and West Side Lateral on January 21,
] 966. The work under this contract is to be completed in 1967.

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F. POTENTIAL STORAGE UNITS

1. Gray Canyon

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Preliminary cost estimates recently prepared on a high dam
below the mouth of the Price River, to ultilize the 500 feet of
power generating head in the Gray Canyon segment of the Green
River, were higher than anticipated. With these cost estimates the
potential development is not feasible. Before reporting unfavorably,
the Bureau of Reclamation decided to study two damsites farther
upstream in the Gray Canyon section of the Green River as alter-
nate sites to the Price River site. These sites may preclude any
feasible irrigation development proposed in the original plan, but
might provide a feasible development for power, municipal and in-
dustrial water, fish and wildlife, and recreation uses. A reconnais-
sance report is scheduled for completion later in fiscal year 1967.

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G. POTENTIAL PROJECTS

In carrying out further investigations of projects under Federal
Reclamation Laws in the Upper Colorado River Basin, the Secretary
of the Interior is directed to give priority to completion of planning
reports on 25 projects. Brief descriptions of these projects are to be
found in the Commission's Eighth Annual Report.

The Bureau of Reclamation, so far as limited funds and per-
sonnel will permit, is continuing its studies on these projects. Con-
siderable progress in investigations has been accomplished during
the past year.

1. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION PENDING

Feasibility reports on five Colorado projects, namely, Animas-La
Plata Project, Dallas Creek Project, Dolores Project, San Miguel
Project, and West Divide Project, have been t.ransmitted to the
Congress.

COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO

a. Animas-la Plata Proiect
The Animas-La Plata Project would develop flows of the Anim:l!,;