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<br />541 <br /> <br />RESUME OF ACTION TAKEN BY <br />UPPER GUNNISON RIVER WATERSHED CONSERVATION COMMITTEE <br />IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH ALTITUDE DAMS (PARTICIPATING <br />PROJECTS) <br /> <br />Meeting October 2, 1956 <br /> <br />At a meeting of the Upper Gunnison River Watershed Conser-- <br />vation Committee held in the City Hall, Gunnison, Colorado, on Octo- I <br />ber 2, 1956, for the purpose of considering the construction of high <br />altitude dams and reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Gunnison <br />River and its tributaries (participating projects under the Upper <br />Colorado River Storage Project Act), the following action was taken <br />upon motions duly made and seconded and unanimously carried by the <br />members of said Committee: <br /> <br />1. It was urged that an investigation be made immediately <br />by the Bureau of Reclamation or the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />of potential reservoir and dam sites on Tomichi Creek and its tribu- <br />taries for the purpose of finding reservoir and dam sites that are <br />feasible and would meet the Upper Colorado River Storage Project <br />criteria, and if such site or sites are found, that such project or <br />projects be given the No. 1 priority in this area. <br /> <br />2. That' the Ohio Creek project be given the second pri- <br />ority in the upper reaches of the Gunnison River and its tributaries <br />with the further understanding that if and when constructed, the use <br />of the water impounded in the reservoir on presently irrigated lands <br />lying under said project be given preference over water for new <br />lands located under said project. <br /> <br />3. That further study and investigation be made of poten- <br />tial reservoir and dam sites on the upper reaches of Slate and East <br />Rivers and if such sites are found which will meet the Upper Colo- <br />rado River Storage Project criteria, that the same be given priority <br />No. 3 in the upper reaches of the Gunnison River and its tributaries <br />with the further request that the water stored in such reservoir <br />site or sites be used to irrigate presently irrigated land lying un- <br />der said project or projects, and that such use shall have prefer- <br />ence over water to be used on new lands lying under said project. <br /> <br />4. That further engineering study and examinations be <br />made of dam sites and reservoir sites on Chochetopa Creek with the <br />view 9f making the Cochetopa Creek feasible and to qualify under <br />the Upper Colorado River Storage Project criteria, and that such <br />project be awarded priority No.4. Also, that if and when such 1= <br />project is constructed, that the use of water on presently irri- <br />gated lands be given preference over use of water for new lands <br />lying under said project. <br /> <br />5. That further and additional engineering survey and <br />examination be made of reservoir and dam sites on the upper reaches <br />of Cebolla Creek and its tributaries and if such sites are found <br />feasible and would meet the requirements of the Upper Colorado <br /> <br />i <br />