FLOOD04607

• County: Gunnison
• Community: Upper Gunnison
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: Final Report Appendices Upper Gunnison-Uncompahgre Basin Phase I Feasibility Study
• Date: 5/1/1989
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

B.2.4.3 Bostwick Park Water Conservancy District (BPWCD)

The BPWCD was formed in July 1962 for the purpose of serving as the
local entity that would enter into a repayment contract with the USBR for
the Bostwick Park Project. The BPWCD's charge is to supply irrigation
water to the Bostwick Park area located about eight miles east of
Montrose (See Figure B.2). The area obtains its water supply from the
USBR-constructed Bostwick Park Project.

The Bostwick Park area was settled in the early 1880's, followed by
a second influx at the time of irrigation development in 1910. By 1930,
the population had reached a peak of 75 to 80 families, but in 1960 it
decreased to about 40 families due to the trend toward larger farm units,
use of modern labor-saving farm equipment, and drought conditions.

The USBR first reported on the Bostwick Park Project in a
reconnaissance report on the Gunnison River Project. The project was
authorized as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage
Project by Public Law 88-568, September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 852).

Construction commenced at Silver Jack Dam late in 1966 and was
completed in 1971. Silver Jack Reservoir was filled on June 10, 1971,
and project water was made avail able to supp 1 ementa 1 serv i ce lands from
existing ditches on a water rental basis during the 1971, 1972, and 1973
irrigation seasons. A negative declaration of environmental impact was
filed July 21, 1972, for drainage rehabilitation and for replacement of
the Vernal Mesa conduit. Construction of these facilities was completed
during fiscal year 1974.

The following description ~f the Bostwick Park project is excerpted
from the USBR Publication, Project Data (1981a):

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