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000523 YELLOW JACKEr PROJECT, COLORADO -, The Yellow Jacket Project proposed as a participating project with the Colorado River storage Project would provide water for irrigation, municipal and inQ.ustrial purposes, flood control, and improvement of recreation and fishery conditions. Two reservoirs would be constructed in the White River area and one on Milk Creek, a tributary of the Yampa River. The Ripple Reservoir would be on the upper reaches of the North Fork of White River, and the Lost Bark Reservoir would be on Lost Creek, a tributary of the North Fork. The Lost Park Reservoir would receive part of its water by a canal from the upper reaches of Williams Fork. storage releases and excess flows of the White River would be diverted by the Yellow Jacket Canal system for proj- ect use. Irrigation water would serve lands in the Little Beaver Creek, Flag Creek, and Josephine Basin areas near Meeker, Colorado. Municipal and industrial water would be available for development of oil shale in the Piceance Basin and for domestic and municipal needs in the White River Valley between Buford and Rangely, Colorado. The Thornburgh Reservoir would be formed by a dam on Milk Creek. Stored water would be released into Milk Creek and diverted by the potential Milk Creek Canal for deliv- ery to lands in the Axial Basin area. More than 98 percent of all land that would be irrigated is privately owned. / Construction of the project would cost approximately $49 million. Of this amount about $24 million would be repaid by local beneficiaries, $19 million would be repaid from power revenues of the Colorado River Storage Project, and the remaining $6 million would be a nonreimbursable allocation to recreation, fish and wildlife, and flood control. Approximately $30 million of the project construction cost would enter the local economy for labor, supplies, materials, and equipment. Proj ect irrigation would increase the local gross farm income by about $2.4 million annually. The marketing of this produce would caUSe an addi- tional $5 million in business activity, including $3.5 million in new personal income. Municipal and industrial water would provide for com- munity growth and new city development to attract industry and employ- ees who would be drawn to a pollution-free environment. The M&I water supply would be ade'l.uate for an oil production of 250,000 barrels per day from oil shale. This production would provide a livelihood for 75,060 people with a personal income of $125 million annually and would increase the local, state, and Federal tax revenue by $1.57 million annually. The project would provide flood control and significant water oriented recre- ational and fishery opportunities. The new recreational activity would result in local expenditures of $1,500,000 annuaLly. Officer-Directors Boo Raley, President Harry Coleman, Vice President c. J. Wilson, Treasurer Frank COOley, Secretary-Attorney Direct or s Bill Gossard Malvin Crawford Wilbur Whalen Henry Sweeney John Barney Sherman Taylor Project sponsored by YELLOW JACKEr WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT Meeker J Colo.