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Releases from storage are made to the Uncompahgre Project by exchange with Taylor Park Reservoir. Water is also available by exchange for consumptive use upstream in the Upper Gunnison sub-basin above Blue Mesa Reservoir. The Aspinall Unit, however, does not provide releases from storage directly to irrigated lands and M&I users as is the case with other participating projects in the CRSP. The reservoirs provide extensive recreational benefits, part of which occur within the adjacent Curecanti National Recreation Area. A mitigation program has been implemented to offset project-caused damage to fish and wildlife and also to provide for fish and wildlife enhancement. To date, this program has not been completely fulfilled and authorized but unappropriated Federal funds for the program have not been fully expended. The following description of the unit's physical facilities is excerpted from the USBR Western Colorado Projects Review, March 1987 for the Aspinall Unit: 81 ue Mesa Dam. Reservoi r. and Power Plant. B1 ue Mesa Dam is a compacted earth and rockfill structure, rising 342 ft above the streambed. It has a crest length of 800 ft and contains 3,085,000 cubic yards of material. The reservoir has a capacity of 940,800 af with a surface area of 14.3 square miles. The powerp1ant consists of two generating units with a combined capacity of 60,000 KW. Morrow Point Dam, Reservoir, and Power Plant. Morrow Point Dam is a double-curvature, thin-arch concrete structure. The crest is 418 ft above the streambed, 724 ft long, and 12 ft wide. The dam is 52 ft wide at the base and contains 365,000 cubic yards of concrete. The reservoir contains 117,000 af of water and has a surface area of 1.3 square miles at full pool. The power plant has two generating units with total capacity of 120,000 KW. B-5 [l OOOD3632 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I