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The Pueblo Chieftain Online I Friday <br />i <br />Current Tema: 91 <br />Extended Forecast <br />Today's Date <br />May 05, 2000 <br />Click Here to search <br />The Pueblo Chieftain <br />DEPARTMENTS: <br />News <br />Sports <br />Business <br />Lifeslyle <br />Editorial <br />Classified <br />Daily Crossword <br />Comics <br />TV Listings <br />Weather <br />RECENTISSUES: <br />Monday <br />Tuesday <br />Wednesday <br />Thursday <br />Friday <br />Saturday <br />Sunday <br />ABOUT PUEBLO: <br />Business Directory <br />City Guide <br />Chamber of <br />Commerce <br />Riverwalk <br />Pueblo Convention <br />Center <br />*New *Virtual Tours <br />SERVICES: <br />Contact Us <br />Subscribe <br />Advertisino& <br />Web Development <br />Coupons <br />Active Channel <br />About this site <br />Career <br />Opportunities <br />EVENTS & <br />ACTIVITIES: <br />State Fair <br />A, +i— V­ re <br />wysiwyg: //36 /http: / /www. ch ieftain.com /tuesday /news /d isplay. php3 ?article =2 <br />132nd year... and still on the job. <br />Make The Pueblo Chieftain Online yourHomepaae. <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />Prelude to a park? <br />By JAMES AMOS <br />The Pueblo Chieftain <br />LAMAR - The Colorado State Parks department is working <br />to lease John Martin Reservoir's recreation areas, as a <br />prelude to making the lake the region's first state park. <br />Greg Walcher <br />Greg Walcher, director of the state's Department of Natural <br />Resources, told state and local officials Monday that the <br />park's design could be worked out within the next year or <br />so. <br />John Martin Reservoir is several miles east of Las Animas <br />on the Arkansas River and can hold about 600,000 <br />acre -feet of water. However, only about half of that space <br />is typically used to store water. The rest is left open to <br />prevent floods. <br />The flood - control reservoir is owned by the federal <br />government and run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. <br />The reservoir sports 11,300 acres of surface water at <br />present, making it one of the biggest lakes in the state. The <br />site also includes another 16,000 acres of land. <br />The state park design process will require lots of public <br />input, Walcher said, which is why he traveled here Monday. <br />He also asked if local officials still support the idea of <br />establishing the park at John Martin. <br />Some still hold hopes of getting the state park built at the <br />Great Plains Reservoirs near Eads. One of the larger lakes <br />in +hn fivc_Inhc nmm�lcv uioc +n he +hc nnrWo fnnf is hi i+ <br />16 <br />MOV EQU STTO <br />TVQUEST <br />1, tca. <br />1 of 3 5/5/00 4:22 PM <br />