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<br />(, <br />405 <br /> <br /> Year Study 12 Shortage Shortage with Fish Release <br />I 1000 A. F. Percent' '1000 A.F. Percent <br />1931 32.3 5.3 46.5 7.8 <br />1934 102.3 16.9 "153.0 25.2 <br />1935 16.5 2.7 27.3 4.4 <br /> 1936 129.7 21.6 Minor increase <br /> 1940 276.3 45.1 315.8 51.5 <br /> 1941 34.3 5.7 34.3 5.7 <br /> 1946 16.1 2.6 18.3 2.9 <br /> 1951 227.6 36.8 231. 2 37.4 <br /> <br />There is no provision in the Fish and Wildlife Report <br />for recognizing the inflow of Goose Creek, which enters <br />the Rio Grande about one mile below Wagon Wheel Gap Dam <br />site. The inflows of this stream, while not too large <br />during the winter months, would help to maintain fish <br />life in the Rio Grande below their confluence. The <br />monthly inflows of Goose Creek have been estimated by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation. If 'the recommended schedule <br />of minimum flows should apply at a point below the <br />mouth of Goose Creek instead of at Wagon Wheel Gap Dam, <br />the additional amounts of water; which would need to be <br />by-passed would average about 5,000 acre-feet annually, <br />and the maximum in any year would be about 11,000 acre- <br />feet. <br /> <br />The Fish and Wildlife Report suggests that an addition- <br />al 1900 acres of land adjacent to the reservoir area be <br />pUrchased and administered for the use of wildlife. Under <br />this proposal, the report states that the big game losses <br />with the project could be reduced about $7100 annually. <br />The report estimates the cost of obtaining this benefit <br />as 'foil lows: <br /> <br />Purchase price of 1900 acres <br />Initial Development <br />Initial Investment <br /> <br />$ 95,000 <br />10.000 <br />$105,000 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Amortization of this initial investment <br />for 50 years at 2t~ interest <br />Annual 0 and M <br />Total annual cost $ <br /> <br />3,700 <br />500 <br />4,200 <br />