BOARD01669

• Board Meeting Date: 1/14/1970
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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would control and store runoff from 8 271-
square-mile drainage area and would have A
gross storage capacity of 85,000 acre-feet.
Of this amount 71,400 acre-feet would be for
flood control and 13,600 acre-feet would be
for sediment storage. The total first cost
of this project is estimated to be about $14
million.

The East Bijou Creek Dam and Reservoir,
located between U. S. Highway 36 and Inter-
state Highway 70, would lend itself to a
variety of recreational activities such as
camping, hiking, and picnicking. Facilities
to support and enhance these activities are
proposed as part of the potential development.
These would include: picnic and camping
areas, and water and sanitary systems. During
the study, the remains of campgrounds of the
Woodland Culture Indians of the period A.D.
900 to A.D. 1300 were found in and near the
reservoir site. The artifacts removed from
the reservoir site would be displayed in a
cultural pavilion near the campground. It
is estimated that 300,000 visitors annually
would use the camping and picnicking facili-
ties. Of course, as with any federally con-
structed reservoir projects that include
recreation facilities, there would be costs
to be shared between local agencies and the
federal government. The federal government
would pay one-half of the cost associated with
recreation enhancement at the potential reser-
voir site. Local agencies would be responsible
for operation, maintenance, and replacement of
recreation facilities.

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It turned out that during our public
hearings, Mr. Price, who is the largest rancher
in this area and whose land would be taken for
this project, voiced a concern about recrea-
tion which was echoed by several other people
at this hearing. He doesn't like it. He says
that picnickers are incompatible with cattle
raising, particularly picnickers and campers