Wild & Scenic Rivers South Platte River

• Description: South Platte River Wild and Scenic Rivers Staff Notebook, 1987 to 1998
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/1997
• Author: CWCB Staff
• Title: South Platte River Wild and Scenic Rivers Staff Notebook, 1987 to 1998
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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regarding the use
and protection of a unique and valuable river
resource in northeastern Colorado. Eighty -three mile
mainstem of the s of the
Cache la Poudre River and the South Fork of the
Cache la Poudre River northwest of Fort Collins
eligible for , Colorado, was
system.
Collins,
in the National Wild and Scenic River.
The U.S. Forest Service has studied the 83 miles
upper reaches of jes of the
the river and recommended 62 miles for
designation.
Controversy over desig
waged f nation of the river as Wit
Scenic has d and
or many Years as water interests
advocated exclusion
from designation of numerous
river for segments of the
proposed dam and reservoir
included the sites. These sites
Idylewilde, Indian Meadows, Elkhorn, and Grey
Mountain dam and reservoir sites on the mainstem of
Plus the Rockwell dam and the Poudre,
reservoir site on the South Fork of
the Poudre River. Conservation interests
On the other hand,
sought inclusion of the eighty-three eligible miles of
river because of its beauty and vitality as a source for studied
o
and waterfowl, f wildlife
r use by fishermen, hunters and boaters of all
types, as well as for its historic, geologic and scientific
cientific
In enacting this legislation, Congress has relied u
joint recommendations upon the
°f conservation and
interests. water supply
Those recommendations are
deliberations. Congress has enacted t the result of lengthy
Cache la Poudre Wild and Scenic designation. of
The premises upon
Which those recommendations were based are as follows: