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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />January 5 -6, 1984, Board Meeting <br />COLORADO AND LOWER DOLORES RIVERS <br />WILD AND SCENIC RIVER STUDY <br />Background <br />Public Law 93 -621 authorized the study of the Colorado River <br />from its confluence with the Dolores River in Utah, upstream to a <br />point 19.5 miles from the Colorado -Utah border in Colordo. Since <br />this upstream terminus was apparently not related either to <br />recreational use, private land, or physiography, the study team <br />extended the boundary of the study area upstream to the Loma boat <br />ramp -- the staging area for most river trips on this part of the <br />Colorado. Thus 55.7 miles of the Colorado River were studied. <br />Public Law 93 -621 also required the study of the Dolores <br />River in Colorado. This was to be a separate study from the <br />Colorado River study. The Departments of the Interior and Agri- <br />culture and the State of Colorado jointly recommended in the <br />Dolores study that a 105 -mile segment of the Dolores from the <br />McPhee Damsite to 1 mile above Bedrock, Colorado be included in <br />the National Wild and Scenic River System. In addition the State <br />of Colorado recommended an additional 35 miles of the West ' <br />Dolores. The report noted that "the 8 mile portion of the river <br />between Gateway and the Utah State Line should be included in the <br />National System at such time as the river in Utah is included." <br />On November 12, 1976, Governor Rampton of Utah requested the <br />Secretary of the Interior to study that portion of the Dolores <br />River in Utah. Governor Lamm of Colorado supported this exten- <br />sion of the study. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior <br />agreed to this request on December 17, 1976. -Consequently, an <br />evaluation of the`31 -mile segment of the Dolores River that runs <br />from Gateway, Colorado, down to the confluence with the Colorado <br />River in Utah is included in this study as "the Lower Dolores <br />River." <br />This study was performed by a joint federal -state study team <br />including the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, the Colorado Depart- <br />ment of Natural Resources, and the Utah Department of Natural <br />Resources. <br />701 <br />dol /riv <br />