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I that arrangements can be made as was made in the case cf the Ramah Dam. Since the site is well upstream en the Arkansas River frcm any actual use, it was felt that this amcunt of water wculd not jeopardize irrigaticn interests and I hcpe, Mr. Milenski, ycu wcn't take excep- tion tc that because it is already on the ground. We have under plan at the present time a prcject en the Colcrado-Utah line, west cf Ncrwccd, which will invclve the enlargement cf the Buckeye Reservoir. It is in the West Paradox watershed. It's entirely a water man- agement prcject to prcvide an additional 2,000 acre-feet cf stcrage for irrigation and the Water Ccnservaticn Beard has been particularly interested in this project. Larry Merrill, who is here, has ccntributed substantially tc devel- cping the necessary informaticn tc shew that there is sufficient water there to justify the enlargement. It's been a difficult cne to work out; feasibility has been somewhat questionable all the way alcng. I dcn't think we need tc refer tc it as 'West Paradox', I think we can just call it plain 'Paradcx'. But I hcpe that it will eventually be wcrked out and that we will have a project there tc help these pecple. They are in a real remote area and actually need help just the same as anybcdy else. I We have investigations under way to deter- mine indicated feasibility befcre we wculd ask fer wcrk plan approval. Briefly they are the Crocked Arroy'c project in the Arkansas Valley near La Junta; the Box Elder Creek watershed in the Scuth Platte basin near Fcrt Ccllins; Eaten watershed near Greeley; plum Creek watershed near Castle Reck. In this ccnnection we are werking with the Ccrps of Engineers and will ccordinate with them en an ultimate plan tc tie in with their studies in connecticn with the Chatfield Reservcir and their cverall Scuth Platte investigaticns. We are lcoking at a watershed project near Cancn City that will involve the constructicn cf twc or three small