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. SUMMARY SHEETS Juniper project LOCATION: The lower or western parts of the Yampa and White River drain- age areas in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties of northwestern Colorado and Uintah County of northeastern Utah, ~ . The comprehensive plan for the Juniper project includes'development in both Colorado and Utah, It provides for full service irrigation of 100,000 acres in the two States, hydroelectric power production,_... recreational development;, and fish and wildlife enhancement, Water would be s~pplied primarily 'by' diversions from the Yampa River, Small additional supplies also would be provided from return flows from project lands and di~ect flow diversions from the White River, Regu- lation of Yampa River flows would be provided at Juniper Reservoir on the river, Power water releases would pass through a powerplant at the base of Juiper Dam and irrigation"releases would be made to the Deadman Bench Canal which would head at the dam about 160 feet above streambed and eXtend southwest 154 miles, Water for immediate irrigation needs would be distributed from Deadman Bench Canal through laterals and direct turnouts to project lands and through two branch canals--the Sunbeam and Pinyon Canals, Water in Deadman Bench Canal in excess of immediate irrigation needs would be stored in the poten- tial Artesia Reservoir at an offstream site and then distributed as needed by the Artesia Canal diverting at the reservoir outlet, In the lower part of the project area, the Wonsits Canal would intercept and distribute return flow and the Savannah Butte Canal would distrib- ute water from the White River, Basic recreational facilities would be provided at Juniper and Artesia Reservoirs, and both reservoirs would enhance fishery values, Minimum water releases would be made continuously through Juniper powerplant to enhance the stream fishery along Yampa River, The Juniper powerplant would be interconnected with !lJ1d become an integrated part of the Colorado River Storage proj- ect power system. . An initial stage of the comprehensive development could readily be undertaken in Colorado only. This initial development would provide for irrigation, power. fish and wildlife, and recreation with irri- gation limited to about 9,000 acres, The only features of the ini- tial development would be Juniper Reservoir and Powerplant, the Dead- man Bench Canal and its branch Sunbeam Canal, and basic recreational facilities at Juniper Reservoir. In the initial development only the initial 36 miles of the Deadman Bench Canal would be constructed, As in the comprehensive plan, minimum base flows would be provided for fish in the Yampa River below the Juniper powerplant. Juniper Reser- voir would enhance both fishery and recreational values.