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." . . . . "-(fOn51 8 --.--- - _.............~ i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I i I SUJvIMARY SHEETS Yellow Jacket Project LOCATION: Northwestern Colorado in Yampa and Hhite River Basins of Upper 'Colorado River Basin. PLAN The Yello" Jacket Project ,'ould regulate flows of the North Fork of White River and tributaries of Yampa River for irrigation and municipal and in- dustrialuses. It also "auld provide benefits to flood control, recrea- , tion, and fish and ,iildlife conservation. Project lands in the Yampa River Basin in the Milk Creek segment of the project "auld be served by Milk Creek flo"s regulated at the potential Thornburgh Reservoir. The water "auld be conveyed to the land by the Milk Creek panal and distributed by the lIes Lateral, Jubb Plli~p Lateral, and smaller: laterals as required. Lands near Meeker, Colo., in the proj- ect's WhiteiRiver segment "ould receive water from the North Fork of Whit~ River with storage provided at the Ripple Reservoir on the Ncrth ForJ, anrl the Lost Park Reservoir on Lost Creek, a North Fork tributary. Some ,m" tel' "auld also be diverted to the Lost Park Reservoir from tributaries of Williams }"ork in the Yampa River Basin. The ,later "auld be conveyed from the North Fork to the land through the Yellm., Jacket and Josephine Basin Canals. Distribution laterals "auld be constructed as required. Land' drains vlould also. be constructed as needed in both project segments. Hg,.. tel' j,ntended' for municipal and industrial uses '-70uld be available at the Yelle" Jacket Diversion Dam or at points along the Yello" Jacket and Jo- sephine Basin Canals. Terminal. storage to assure the municipal and in- dustrial \-iater supply during periods of freezing weather "hen project ca- nals "ould not operate and facilities for distribution and treatment of the "ater would be provided by the "ater users. , i I I .. , ! Recreational developments "auld be provided at the three project reser- voirs. Those at Ripple and Lost Park Reservoirs in the ~fuite River Na- tional Forest would be provided by the Forest Service from its o"n appro- priations. Those at Thornburgh Reservoir "auld be provided at project cost. Fish and "Iildlife measures "ould include replacement of the exist- ing.Axial Reservoir "ith water from Thornburgh Reservoir and operation of Axial Reservoir for fish, construction of big-game proof fence along sec- tions of project canals, and acquisition and development for big game of 14,000 acres of private land in the Oak Ridge area and ?,800 acres of ad- joining public domain. ADMINIS'l'RATION The Yello" Jacket Water Conservancy District "auld serve as the project contracting and administrative agency. Administration of recreation and fish and ,dldlife '"ould be provided by the Forest ServiCe at the Ripple and Lost Park Reservoirs and by the State of Colorado at the Thornburgh Reservoir. . -"-- ~.,- --~---- -.---" -~.......~- - ---- _.~-------- ~------,---~,-,._---- -- ._~--- ~--_.- -----~---,...-