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<br />~ '-.--- <br /> <br />War Department <br /> <br />~2... <br /> <br />May 15. 1945 <br /> <br />oonours in the recommendations 01' the reporting o1'fioers. The Chief <br />of Engineers oonours in the views and reoOllllllendations 01' the Board. <br /> <br />2, The State of Colorado is vite.11y inte1'ested in the wel- <br />fare and development of the Arkansas .River I3alilin. and says that so~ <br />lutions of the inter-related problems of flood oontrol and _tel' oon" <br />servation require that oonsideration be given to all the prinoipal <br />tributaries 01' the Arkanlilas River in Colorado. of whioh the Huerfano <br />River is but one. In eaoh 01' the prinoipal tributaries there are <br />periodio floods of damaging ~gnitude. Reservoirs are needed on eaoh <br />tributary to oontrol floods ~d oonserve water for irrigation pur- <br />poses. Suoh tributary rese~oirs are neoessary. not only for tho p~ <br />teotion and benefit of lands land property located along the tributary <br />streams. as reoognized and ev;alue.ted in the Survey Report on Huerl'ano <br />River. but they are essentia~. also. for the proteotion and development <br />of lands' and property along ~he lIIIl.in ohannel of the Arkanaas River in <br />Colorado. The floods whioh ~amage and threaten to destroy the highly <br />valuable bottom lands along'\1he lIIIl.in Arkansas River. and the irrigation <br />systEllllll.. towns and other propertylooated on suoh lands. originate in <br />the tributa.ries. and must be loontrolled by reservoirs in the tributary <br />I <br />valleys. ' I <br />: <br /> <br />~. It appears tha~. subsequent to the preparation of the <br />Survey Report on Huerfano Ri~er. Colorado. the War Department. Corps <br />of Engineers. has reoognized ~he need for investigations basin-wide in <br />soope. and for a broader and !oollecl'l:iveapproach to the problems Of <br />flood oontrol and water oonselrvation in the Arlce.nsas River Basin in <br />Colorado. On March 6. 1945 t~e State of Colorado was advised by the <br />Distriot Engineer. U. S. Eng~er 01'1'ice,Albuquerque, New Mexioo. <br />that a Review Report oovering the Arkansas River and tributaries in <br />Colorado was in preparation ill. that o1'1'ic,e. and that said Review Re- <br />port 'Ifill be 01' wider 800pe, and will cover the Huer1'anc River and all <br />other prinoipo.l tri butariesp as well alii the min Arkansas Rive.\' in <br />Colorado. In view 01' the proposed b8.sin-wide Review Report. the State <br />of Colorado questions the necessity 01' presenting to Congreslil at this <br />time the preliminary examination and survey report on the Huer1'ano <br />River. Colorado. <br /> <br />4. However, in the event the .Var Department elects to trans- <br />mit itlil Survey Report on Huer1'ano River to Congress for publioation. <br />the State 01' Colorado must disagree wi,th its oonclusions" with respeot <br />to eoonomio justifioation. and objeot to its recommendations against <br />My authorisa.tion of pOlilsible liItros.m improvements. The State of Colo- <br />r6do respeotfully reoommends that the oonclusions and reoommendations <br />of the Survey Report on the HIlerf'ano River be qualified in accordanoe <br />with the separate and isolated oharacter Of the investigations on. whioh <br />