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<br />1. COLORADO
<br />a. Fryingpan- Arkansas Project
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<br />Although the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is not a participating project
<br />of the Colorado River Storage Project because it does not participate in
<br />the Upper eolorado River Basin Fund, it is sometimes referred to as a
<br />limited participating project because it does utilize water diverted from
<br />the Upper Colorado River System to the eastern slope of Colorado.
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<br />The Eastern Colorado Projects Office, located in Loveland, eolorado
<br />directs the operation and maintenance activities of the eolorado- Big
<br />Thompson and Fryingpan-Arkansas Projects. A field office is located in
<br />Pueblo to coordinate with the Southeastern Colorado Water eonser-
<br />vancy District and the State Division Engineer and to administer remain-
<br />ing construction contracts in the area.
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<br />Work has essentially been completed on Phase II of the Pueblo Fish
<br />Hatchery. During 1991, the following species and numbers of fish were
<br />produced at the hatchery: Blue catfish, 154,698; blue, 2,050; channel
<br />catfish, 1,376,243; hybrid striped bass, 544,033; largemouth bass, 32,714;
<br />McCunaughy rainbow trout, 710,432; Pikes Peak native trout, 17,457;
<br />rainbow trout, 84,676; saugeye, 183,297; striped bass, 3,592; Tiger
<br />muskie, 169,139; walleye, 14,317,712, for a total fish production of
<br />17,596,043.
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<br />National Environmental Policy Act (NEP A) compliance was approved
<br />on August 1, 1989 for the Round II sale of an additional 51 ,500 acre-feet
<br />of water from Ruedi Reservoir. The 51,500 acre-feet under the approved
<br />plan will be reduced by 5,000 acre-feet to be released for the endangered
<br />fish of the eolorado River and by the 7,850 acre-feet of Round I sales.
<br />Round II water sales will likely resume in 1992.
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<br />eontents of reservoirs within the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project as of
<br />September 30,1991, were as follows: Ruedi Reservoir, 90,800 acre-feet;
<br />Turquoise Lake, 119,362 acre-feet; Mt. Elbert Forebay, 8,625 acre-feet;
<br />Twin Lakes, 114,058 acre-feet, and Pueblo Reservoir, 73,382 acre-feet.
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<br />Transmountain diversions from the eolorado River Basin in eolorado
<br />during water year 1991 for the eolorado- Big Thompson and Fryingpan-
<br />Arkansas projects were as follows: Alva B. Adams Tunnel, 198,900 acre-
<br />feet, and Charles H. Boustead Tunnel, 60,000 acre-feet.
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