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<br />/.J,............ <br /> <br />is being carried on in conjunction with the <br />Forest Service. <br /> <br />Temporary roads, where they are not <br />needed, are being obliterated and natural <br />cover restored to these areas. <br /> <br />Borrow areas are being revegetated and <br />this one will be reforested at Turquoise Lake. <br />Sometimes we have to use straw for mulch as <br />at the Pueblo railroad relocation site. <br /> <br />Timber cleared for the Pueblo Reservoir <br />site is either sawed for pallets, shown in <br />foreground, or ties. shown in the left back- <br />ground, and used commercially or chipped for <br />mulch and stockpiled to be used later when <br />we reseed the borrow areas where we will take <br />out excavation in constructing the dam. <br /> <br />In conclusion, by the end of this fiscal <br />year, the total federal investment of project <br />funds will be about $97 million. Our proposed <br />budget for Fiscal Year 1972, now before Con- <br />gress, is $19,917,000. I have concluded that <br />progress is at last beginning to show I <br /> <br />I will be happy to answer any questions <br />if the Board members would like to have me." <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: <br /> <br />"Are there any questions from the Board?" <br /> <br />MR. PICKREL: <br /> <br />"Mr.Evans, I am Hugh pickrel from Rocky <br />Ford. How is the stockpile of the aggregate <br />at Turquoise Lake coming and at Sugar Loaf? <br />Is the contractor about to get it used up?" <br /> <br />MR. EVANS: <br /> <br />"Yes, the contractor is making much better <br />progress in lining the Boustead Tunnel than has <br />been made heretofore. Just two weeks ago we <br />got clearance from the construction engineer <br />to increase storage in Turquoise Lake by an <br />additional ten feet. He says the stockpile <br />has been worked back away from the old shore- <br />line. Right now we have 50,000 acre-feet of <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />