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THE MORG4N GAME AND FISH <br />COW�ERVP,TTQI_CLUB <br />Fort Morgan, Colorado <br />Jaj}uaW �9s l952 <br />P I)GE CLIFFORD STONE <br />LORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />DEN"'ER, COLORADO <br />SIR: <br />Since interested organizations are requested to express themselves in <br />regard to-the proposed Narm ws Dam near Fort Morgan, Colorado, our organi- <br />zation vtahes to express themselves as follows: <br />Our Club almost unanimously favor, and look forward to, recreational <br />privileges which we anticipate this will supply, as has been proven in almost <br />every other Reclamation storage project. <br />However, there is a strong local sentiment to the effect that by utiliz- <br />ing the lower or Fort Morgan proposed site for a silt basin and control reser- <br />voir, and by using several higher up flood ponds, that the same results, and <br />better, could be accomplished. <br />We can locate no good surveys or reports covering such a plan; but it <br />would appear that such a plan would do more to prevent erosion; would give just <br />as much shelter to wild life; might add to the ground water on some of the <br />uplands; and could include a settling and control basin, below the junction of <br />the Bijou Creek and South Platte River, which could be sixty or more feet <br />deep, thus being more on the waste lands and without destroying all the % ri- <br />culture and towns of the Weldona Valley. <br />If this is practical, it could eliminate much of the expense of relocation <br />of the Union Pacific Railroad. <br />Respectfully, <br />The Morgan Game and Fish Conservation Club <br />(S) R. W. Drew, President (S) H. Hockstrasser Secretary <br />Office of <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COBEiISSIONERS <br />Adams County <br />Brighton, Colorado <br />February 4, 1952 <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Denver, Colorado <br />Gentlemen: <br />We would like to take this opportunity to protest the construction of <br />the Narrows Dam. <br />