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<br />002460 <br /> <br />'"-~'-'-'-~- .~-~~,--_......_~.,..--~.~--~-._,-,.- .-.,- <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />l3l3 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Co~orado 80203 <br /> <br />January 5-6, 1984, Board Meeting <br /> <br />COLORADO AND LOWER DOLORES RIVERS <br />WILD AND SCENIC RIVER STUDY <br /> <br />Backqround <br /> <br />Public Law 93-621 authorized the study of the Colorado River <br />from its confluence with the Dolores River in utah, upstream to a <br />point 19.5 miles from the Colorado-Utah border in Colordo. Since <br />this upstream terminus was apparently not related either to <br />recreational use, private land, or physiography, the study team <br />extended the boundary of the study area upstream to the Lorna boat <br />ramp __ the staging area for most river trips on this part of the <br />Colorado. Thus 55.7 miles of the Colorado River were studied. <br /> <br />Public Law 93-621 also required the study of the Dolores <br />River in Colorado. This was to be a separate study from the <br />Colorado Rive~ study. The Departments of the Interior and Agri- <br />culture and the State of Colorado jointly recommended in the <br />Dolores study that a 105-mile segment of the Dolores from the <br />McPhee Damsite to 1 mile above Bedrock, Colorado be included in <br />the National wild and Scenic River System. In addition the State <br />of Colorado recommended an additional 35 miles of the West <br />Dolores. The report noted that "the 8 mi le portion of the river <br />between Gateway and the Utah State Line should be included in the <br />National System at such time as the river in Utah is included." <br /> <br />On November 12. 1976, 'Governor Rampton of Utah requested the <br />Secretary of the Interior to study that portion of the Dolores <br />River in Utah. Governor Lamm of Colorado supported this exten- <br />sion of the study. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior <br />agreed to this request on December 17, 1976. consequently, an <br />evaluation of the 31-mile segment of the Dolores River that runs <br />from Gateway, Colorado, down to the confluence with the Colorado <br />River in Utah is included in this study as "the Lower Dolores <br />River. II <br /> <br />This study was performed by a joint federal-state study team <br />including the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, the Colorado Depart- <br />ment of Natural Resources, and the Utah Department of Natural <br />Resources. <br /> <br />70l <br />dOl/riv <br />