BOARD00198

• Board Meeting Date: 1/15/1969
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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that now supplied from Axial Reservoi~ and
that rights to manage the Axial Reservoir
for public use be sought through agreement
or acquisition, so that the Axial Reservoir
may be administered as a stable fishing and
recreation lake by the Colorado Division of
Game, Fish and Parks or by the Division with
the assistance of a local governmental unit.

5. That 14,000 acres of private land
be acquired and developed at a cost of
$900,000 to mitigate losses of big-game
habitat caused by the project.

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6. That these l4,000 acres and about
2,800 acres of adjacent public domain be made
available to the Colorado Division 'of Game,
Fish and Parks for administration as a big-
game area.

7. That about five miles of elk-proof
fence be constructed along the canal that is
bench-flume at a cost of $40,000 to alleviate
depredation and management problems resulting
from the introduction of irrigated crops into
existing winter ranges.

8. That eight big-game crossings be con-
structed across the upper one-half of the
canal to preserve historic migration routes
for elk and mule deer above the areas to be
irrigated.

9. That the Yellow Jacket and Josephine
Basin Canals be modified to include sections
where big-game animals may escape if en-
trapped in the canals.

10. That releases from Ripple Creek
Reservoir be 100 c.f.s. from April through
September: 60 c.f.s. or the inflow, which-
ever is less, October through March.

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11. That the bypass flow below the
Yellow Jacket diversion canal be 125 c.f.s.
April through September: 80 c.f.s. or the