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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Missouri River Basin activities. It is presently programmed in the <br />reclamation program, but we are in touch with various interests around <br />the Cache la poudre. And I think it is just a matter that, if there is <br />enough interest by different parties, we will be able to get it in the <br />program and evaluate it. <br /> <br />Now, as far as this Cache la poudre wild and scenic river study, <br />identify what I consider some real good opportunities for mutual <br />to the wild and scenic interests and the development - interests.. <br />I think there's an area there that must be pursued. <br /> <br />we did <br />benefit <br />And <br /> <br />MR. FETCHER: I keep hearing over in my area that there is a restudy of <br />Narrows being made. Is this true or not? Would you explain? <br /> <br />MR. NELSON: Well, there isn't a restudy scheduled now, as far as I <br />know. I think that is on our agenda--the number of things that are <br />being considered for potential study. We haven't programmed anything <br />for this time. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Any further questions? (NO response.) <br /> <br />Thank you very much. <br /> <br />Darrell Mach, from the Southwest Region, would you like to give us your <br />report, please? <br /> <br />MR. MACH: The only project we have in the state of Colorado in the <br />Southwest Region out of Amarillo, Texas, is the Closed Basin of the San <br />Luis Project. Our Regional Director has asked me to come here today to <br />brief you on what our status of that particular project is and to bring <br />you up to date through our last-minute standings as far as our progress <br />is concerned. <br /> <br />I have a map here on the wall which is a rather roughly drawn map, but <br />it is about the only one we have right,now. We are right in the middle <br />of preparing our final reports and documents on the Closed Basin Proj- <br />ect, so most everything is in what we call a "draft stage." <br /> <br />Very quickly, we have the Rio Grande running down through here (indicat- <br />ing), and the Closed Basin Project consists of originally a five-stage <br />well field stretching up through this area here (indicating) to deliver <br />approximately 100,000 acre-feet of water to the Rio Grande River for <br />basically two purposes--the first being to help the state of Colorado <br />meet its Compact commitments under the Rio Grande compact and, secondly, <br />to help Colorado also payoff its alleged indebtedness under that <br />compact. <br /> <br />The project was originally authorized in 1972, and it was only recently <br />that we were given funds to begin what we call "preconstruction plan.-._ <br />ning." The original studies that were done for this particular project <br />were done in fairly sketchy detail, and so we are now trying to refine <br />these data and trying to bring them up to date so that we can come out <br />with a final design and initiate construction. <br /> <br />-9- <br />