FLOOD06749

• County: Eagle
• Community: Gypsum
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Hydrology Addendum FIS - Town of Gypsum, Eagle County
• Date: 10/1/2002
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: Montgomery Watson Harza
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

HI'I('llW of ckar, cold watN from tht'
H'S('rvoirs hw; crt'utt'd t'xtraordinary
stn'am fishing ht'low Navajo, Flaming
Gorge, and (;Ipn Canyon, Thp n'!('3St'S
ohs;'r\'pd from ~lorrow Point H('st'rvoir
suggt'st a similar situation may d('vplop
un downstrp<lm ri'adws of thp Gunni.
son Hivpr.

Tht' two nat.ional fish hat.dwrit.s, dt''lI'I.
op('d with ('olomdo HiVl'r Slonlj:tp
I'rojt't'\ Act funds, (:ontinut'd to implt'.
nwnt tilt' fishl'ry managl'nll'nt rt'quirt..
!TWllts of till' Upppr Colorado Hivpr
Basin.

(I) I'ruduction at ,lonps lIul{' Na.
tional Fish !Iakh!'!)' incrt':lsl'd to mort'
than :UJOO.OOO rainhow troul fingpr.
lings. with most of t/lP fish lIst'd to
stock Flaming C:orw', Stt.inakl'r. and
Fonl~'llt'llt' Hl.st'rvuirs.

12) ,\n output of 3.000,000 fing-pr.
lings and lurger.si;r.t'd rain how trout
fromllokbkiJ's National ~'ish lIakhpry
Wl'llt principally to Blw' ~It'sa, Craw.
ford, and Lpmon Rl'sprvoirs in
Colorado.

011(' National \\'ildlift' HI'fug(' and lIHi'f'
waterfowl arl'as lIndpr Statt' adminis-
tration art' ht'ing dt'vl'loppd in ('OI1lWC-
lion with t/w Colorado Hiwr StoragE'
I'rojPd.

( 1) At thp Spedskad('p National
Wildlife Hefugf' Iwlow Fonh'Ilt'IIl' Hes.
f'rvoir, land npJ{otiations contintlt'd for
tilt' pun'hast' of the full ant'aRP Op('(!I'd
for watNfowl manaf;!:t'ml'nt. No major
struclural impro'lPIllPllLo; will ht> pro,
gramnlf'd until a suffidl'nt an'a has
IWt'n ohtainPd for dl'vplopnwnt.

(2) :\lanagt'llwnt an'a hl'arlquartl'rs
for till' Browns Park Wall'Tfowl ~Ian.
.ij{l'nwnt Area havp hpen COIT1pIPtt'd. to-
~t'thl'r with 270 aeTE'S of impoundnwot.
and rplah'd watprfowl fuod ploL~ on
lwnmajorsitl's,

I :11 Thp~liIl('f ,\ll'sa Wakrfowl area,
locatl'd on thl' west short' of thp Navajo
Rpst'rvoir just south of tlw Colorado.
Nt'w ~ll'xieo Stat.I' Lint'. is ('sst'ntially
l.:omplph',

(,1) Th.. l)Psl'rt Lakp Wall'rfowl
~lanagt'ml>nt. Arpa ('ompris(.s 2..1HO
acws of acquirpd and puhlic domain
land in l'ast('m Utah Iwar tht, Hunting-
ton North Rl'st'rvoir. Administ{'f('d by
tlw Utah Slatt. Division of Wilellifl' Ht"
sOllrn's sinn' January lUfiB. tht. arpa's
l'ontribution to watprfow! r('soun't'
managl'mt'llt was Sijffilfieantly in-
rre;:LS('<.! hy f('hahilit~lti()n of the histork
Dt'Sl'rt Lakp dikp and ('ompldion of 5
additional dikl'd ar('as bplow thl' t'X-

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istin~ impollndmt'nt. All strul'turl's
fillpd during- thl' spring 1971 runoff and
an' in liSt. by rl'sidt'ntl{anlt' hird Jlopula.
tions and migratory watt'Tfow!.

Tht' dams for Doml' Lakl's on
ArdlUll'ta CTI'f'k. Colorado, wen' l'om.
plpu'd and final insppdion made. Th('S4.'
two small fishing lakl'li, with a com-
hint'd surfan' al'n'Uj{t' of SO a('f('s, will
provide additional puhlic trout fishinl{
to l1I'lp nUs('!. thp loss of habitat within
thl' major impoundment sitt's on thl'
Gunnison H.iw'r,

,loint fishl'ry in\'f'.<itigations Wl'ri' {'on.
tinUf'd at Lak(> !'owpll hy tlw Arizona
and Ut.ah fish and gamp dt'partmf'nts
and at Flaminfi,l: Gnqw Rpsprvoir by tht'
Utah and Wyoming Dl'parlml'llt.s,

Tilt' fourlh spgmPllt of thl' G'Yt'ar study
on thl' ('xisting and future CUff'l'anti
Unit l'omplt'x of BhIP ~lpsa, J\lorrow
Point, and Crystalltt'St'rvoirs was ('om-
pll'tt>d hy tht' Colorado [)ivisioll of
(;al11(>, Fish and Parks. Plans for a
:J'Yl'ar fish('ry study, at Ilt'TOIl J{esl'r-
voir, WNP dl'V('loppd by till' Nt'w r-.lexi-
<'0 IJl'partml'nt of Gamt' and Fish. hn.
poundmt'nt of thl' IJpron Hpsl'r\'oiT
bl'J:::an in April 1971 and thp short-tt>rm
study will dt'wlop appropriatt' fishl'ry
managl'lT1pnt plans for tht, initial years
of opt'ration and puhlic ust!,