FLOOD09513

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Fountain River Survey Report
• Date: 1/1/1951
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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lies in Colorado. The Fountain River w&tershed constitutes a substantial part

of that area. The proposed progran! on the Fountain !liver Vlatershed; e1Jidenced

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by the report here under discussion has never been dcted upoti by this 0010-

rado Committee, nor have any conclusions been reached with re;spect to it in

connection with the over-all program of development within this State in the
Arkansas Valley. It does not seem logical, under these circumstances, that

an effort should now be made to secure Congressional authorization to proceed

with the independent plan set forth in the report.
In raising these ~uestions and offering the objections and recommen-

dations herein contained, it should be understood that Colorado is not opposed

to, but on the contrary encourages, land treatment, reforestation and appropri-

ate measures for the control of run-off in the upper watersheds of its rivers.

Such measures are necessary and advisable in aiding flood control and the con-

servation and appropriate utilization o! land and water resources of the State.

However, in approving such a plan, thE:> State must consider important questions,

such as those raised by these comments, and be assured through adequate surveys,

studies and data, that desirable programs are 'so planned that they do not con-

flict with existing water rights of its citizens nor conflict with State's ob-

ligations under an interstate compact. As a matter of policy in interstate

relations, Colorado also believes it important to cooperate with such activi-

ties as the Arkansas-White-Red River Basins investigations.

Respectfully submitted,

Clifford H. Stone, Director
Colorado Water Conservation Board

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