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<br />right there -- <br /> <br />Mr. Moses: You referred to the Yampa Project? <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Yes. <br /> <br />Mr. Moses: That water is already available. <br /> <br />Mr. Crandall: Mr. Chairman, if I can give you some numbers to give you <br />an idea of the scope here. The average flow of the Yampa River is one <br />and a half million acre-feet, and the present use of the Yampa River is <br />114,000 acre-feet. Not all of the difference is developable, but there <br />is a resource there that might be further used. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Any further questions of the gentlemen? Thank you very <br />much. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I am going to ask our Vice-Chairman to introduce the people speaking on <br />the next two items, Animas-La Plata and Dolores. <br /> <br />Mr. Kroeger: Animas-La Plata will be covered first and our attorney, <br />Mr. Sam Maynes, Bob Taylor, Victor Paulek, and Bob Brown will make the <br />presentation. <br /> <br />Mr. Mavnes: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. <br />the AnimAs-La Plata Water Conservancy <br />western Water Conservation Board. <br /> <br />I am Sam Maynes, attorney for <br />District, and also for the South- <br /> <br />I have with me today Mr. Bob Taylor, member of the La Plata Conservancy <br />District Board of Directors; Victor paulek, the President, and Mr. Bob <br />Brown. These three gentlemen have short statements to present to the <br />Board. <br /> <br />Mr. Paulek: I am Victor paulek, I am president of the Board of Directors <br />of the La Plata Water Conservancy District. <br /> <br />I have been in the La Plata River area of Colorado for over 70 years <br />as a livestock farmer and rancher. My father filed a homestead on land <br />in the La Plata River Basin in 1905 and, with other pioneers, built an <br />irrigation ditch from the La Plata River to their lands in order to <br />make a living. It was true in 1905 and it is true today that a lack of <br />water and rainfall has prevented the people in our area from fully <br />developing the lands which are so ideally suited for irrigation. <br /> <br />About the only crops that are very successful in our area at the present I <br />time are winter wheat and pinto beans raised on dry land farms. Even <br />these crops fluctuate greatly and are not stable enough in production <br />to provide a healthy farm economy. With storage facilities and adequate <br />water for our lands there would be a diversification of farming with <br />grass meadows, alfalfa production, fruits and seed crops, vegetables, <br />beef and mutton production and dairy farms. If we are to receive this <br /> <br />-34- <br />