Case No. 81CW245 Little Snake River Water Management Project

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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO. 6, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 81CW245 ----------------------------------- RESPONSE TO NOTICE TO SHOW PROGRESS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE DIVISION OF WATER DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF WYOMING IN ROUTT COUNTY ( NSc.f LO --------------------------------------- - - - - -- _ -- -- 144a d,17 J The law firm of Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., Boulder, Colorado, hereby enters its appearance as counsel for the applicant in this proceeding. By said counsel, the applicant responds to the Court's Notice to Show Progress dated April 8, 1983.• Pursuant to Rule 19 of the Rules of the Fourteenth Judicial District and C.R.C.P. Rule 121(b) Section 1 -10, applicant shows cause why the application herein should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution, as follows: 1. The application herein was filed in November of 1981, as a result of legislation enacted by the Wyoming Legislature in 1979, 1980 and 1981 authorizing and appropriating funds for study of the proposed Stage III of the Little Snake River Water Development Project, of which the proposed Three Forks Reservoir is a part. (See W.S. 41 -2 -204, 206 -207; Wyo. Sess. Laws, 1981, ch. 26, p. 535). 2. Pursuant to legislation enacted by the Wyoming Legislature in 1982 (Wyo Sess. Laws, 1982, ch. 60), the Wyoming Water Development Commission has responsibility for planning and funding of twenty -nine (29) water development projects in Wyoming, including the Little Snake River Water Management Project of which Three Forks Reservoir is a part. 3. A feasibility study of Stage III of the Little Snake River Water Management Project, including Three Forks Reservoir, has been completed, but further studies will be necessary to determine the final configuration of the project. The Wyoming Legislature in 1982 appropriated $20 million for completion of