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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />'I <br />I <br />I <br />! I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />o The Farmers' Water Development Company, A non-profit corporation which <br />owns and operates the existing Gurley Ditch and Reservoir system. The Farmers <br />Company is managed by a six-member board of directors. <br /> <br />o Ulylands Canal and Reservoir Company. A mutual ditch company which owns <br />and operates the Ulylands Reservoir and Canal system. The Ulylands Company <br />is currently managed by two officers. <br /> <br />o The Lone Cone Ditch & Reservoir Company. A non-profit corporation which <br />owns and operates the existing Lone Cone Reservoir and Ditch system. The <br />Lone Cone Company is managed by a board of three officers and directors. <br /> <br />o Boyle Engineering Corporation. Boyle Engineering Corporation (Boyle) is the <br />consulting firm selected to perform the study. Boyle has performed the <br />investigations and analyses comprising Phase 1 of the study, is responsible for <br />the study results and conclusions herein, and is the author of this Final Report. <br /> <br />Study Area <br /> <br />The study area is located in San Miguel and Montrose Counties of southwestern Colorado near <br />the confluence of the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers. New or improved project features would <br />be located on tributaries on the south side of the San Miguel River generally between Placerville <br />and Naturita. Location and vicinity maps of the study area are presented in Figure 1-1. <br /> <br />Irrigation water for the study area is supplied primarily by the three major ditch companies <br />participating in the study, The Farmers' Water Development Company and The Lone Cone <br />Ditch & Reservoir Company provide water to the Norwood-Redvale area to the north and east <br />of Naturita Creek. The Ulylands Canal and Reservoir Company provides water to the East <br />Ulylands and Dry Creek Basin areas to the south and west of Naturita Creek. In addition, the <br />privately owned J&M Hughes Ditch provides water to Beaver Mesa between Saltado and <br />Beaver Creeks. Miramonte Reservoir shown on Figure 1-1 is a recreational facility and provides <br />no irrigation water, <br /> <br />Most of the study area depends on irrigation for successful crop production because rainfall <br />during the growing season is infrequent and irregular. Precipitation in the area averages <br />approximately nine inches or less during the growing season. Because streamflows consist <br /> <br />2 <br />