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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />They believe that the Dolores River appears to have qualities making <br />it worthy of inclusion under the National Wild and Scenic River system. <br />We also have alternates proposed by BLM which are designated as a <br />natural area and protecting the area by land withdrawals. <br /> <br />(Slide) Let's take a look at the water supply below the McPhee damsite. <br />It takes about a thousand second feet to boat the Dolores River below <br />McPhee. Now, if the project were built and the spilling at this part- <br />icular time, the spills, could be released, .additional boating days <br />could be added. Also, regulation could be provided. Through our <br />snow forecasting we could pretty well determine the quantity of runoff. <br />We don't know when the temperature will fall and these flows reduced <br />and we have heard stories of people getting caught in carrying their <br />boats out. This could be regulated by recognizing the spills from <br />the project. <br /> <br />(Slide) On an average, there could be some control, some regulation, <br />some forecasting, so that boating still could take place below McPhee. <br /> <br />(Slide) What happens in a low year like 1951? There wasn't the run- <br />off available. Here are four days of about 1,000 second feet. It <br />takes four days to float the river, and you have to make sure you are <br />there, and make sure you have four days left. So from a historical <br />standpoint, how many boating days are we talking about? Historically, <br />39 to 52 is the number of boating days. With regulation, we can <br />increase that. It is very true that some years though, there would <br />be no boating. These are the years where Mother Nature just did not <br />provide enough water. <br /> <br />(Slide) Let's take a look from a fishery standpoint, what happens. The <br />Dolores River from McPhee, the top depicts the days when runoff is less <br />than five second feet. I believe you can find days when runoff is <br />less than one second foot. We are considering very seriously some <br />minimum flows where the fishin~ below McPhee could be enhanced over <br />what it is today. These are some of the benefits we are considering <br />very seriously. <br /> <br />(Slide) The next project we want to talk about is the Animas-La Plata. <br />\Ve have a river with a good water supply. ~'1e have another river with <br />a smaller water supply. We have land areas that can be irrigated. <br />We have coal and we have gas. We have natural resources. Here are <br />some basic resources that ColoradO can develop. <br /> <br />(Slide) When did we get started on the definite plan report? In 1971 <br /> <br />-18- <br />