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<br />- aaoga - <br /> <br />28 <br /> <br />DEPART!o[E:s'T OF THE IXTERIOR, <br />BUHEAU OF OUTDOOR RECHEATIOX, <br />~llD-CO)oiTIXEXT HEGIOX, <br />Vent'er, Colo., May 2,1969, <br /> <br />D6427RG, <br />~lemorllndum. <br />To: Regionnl Director. Rrg'ioll 5, Bureau of Hedllmntioll, Amllrillo, <br />Tex. <br />From: Regionul Director. ~lid-Colltinent Ul'gion. <br />Subject: HC'l'vnluution of lilt' reen'alian potential of the SUIl Luis <br />project, Closed Bnsill division, Colorndo. <br /> <br />Introduction and summa.ry <br /> <br />This reevlllualion is in response to your ~l!uch l-l, 19f19 memorun- <br />dum. It providl's the BUrl'llU of Hec!tunutioll with nil updated unulysis <br />of the outdoor real'utioB potentials of Sun Luis Luke which is purt of <br />tll(' San Luis \'nlley project. TlU' reevaluation is of n'COlIlllHSSIHlCI~ <br />scope and gi\"es fulll'ollsidf'rntion to the current lInd poh'lltiul oppor- <br />tunities of till' project. <br />A mujor portion of the n~cr<'atioll IHlckground informution wus <br />tl\k('1l directly from the Colonlllo Outdoor Recn'lltioll COlllpreh(>nsin~ <br />Plan (SCORP). This information wus used in c\'lllullting' the ),IlltioHUl <br />}lurk Sen'icl~ Heereution Rp('onnnis:-lUTH't' Report of :\laI'ch 1959 and <br />the supplemental I'l'ports which werl' indudt'd with your .July 1963 <br />feasibility report 011 this projt'{'L PI'pliminary fishing' \lSP l'stimlltes <br />were providpd by tlJ{' Burl':lll of Sport Fisherips Hilt! \Vildlift,. <br /> <br />Study area and project <br /> <br />_, The projyct- is ,in South C(~ntnll yoloratlo ~n tht', Sllll Luis yull.ey. <br />~lln LUIS \ lllley 1:-\ UIl I.'xt('IlSl\'I' plHIIl-50 mill'S wltlt' Hnd 10<> IllIles <br />long, lying between the Snngrc de Cristu IIwuntnitl runge Hili! the Sail <br />JURn mountain runge. Funning nnd runching I1rt' the economic Illuin- <br />stays. The \'uUt'V climut(' is one of cool summers and cold winters. <br />the proposf'd ~projf'ct will SUh'Ilg'(' wllter through 11 seril's of shallow <br />wells from nI'ellS just north tllld ellst of Alulllosa, Colo., !lnd drlin'r <br />the Sal\'llged wntt'r to tin' Rio Grande Rin'I'. Tlu.' si~nifi('nnt feature <br />of t.he propo~pd proj,-'ct- to fecn'lltioll is tIll' lls:mrallCt' of It dependable <br />wllteI' SUPI,ly in the l',xisting SUIl Luis Luke. The lllkp now g:oes dry <br />oecusioIllll y bllt with tlll' project, it. would IUl.ve II fairly constulit <br />wMer 1r\"(,1 of Lwtw('('n 860 to 900 sllrfnel' UCfps. \Ye fOulltllittle current <br />recrl'utioll \1St' at. the luke, mainly bf'cll.u~c of low-qunlit.... n'crt'ntioll <br />fncilities and hig;h wuter le\+elllul'tuntions. <br /> <br />Ollflloor recreat1'on demand, supply a1l/1lleed... <br /> <br />A fin'-countv lirca slIrrollndill!! Slln I.ui:, Lukp wns dl'fined I\S the <br />Hecrf'ntioll :\[:irket .Arpa. This i; thl' fl'('fPtltion lISl' lOIlt' thllt would <br />he nffl'cted b.... the projf'CL The curn'nt H~L\ POpullltioll is 3i,000 <br />people. 1t dt'cf('llspd I(),OOO pers.olls on'r tht, hlst tIN'udt' bllt predic- <br />tions Ufl' that the populntion will stabilize ut nbollt 42,000 jwrsons <br />by w'nr 2000. H~lA watl'l'-Orit'lIh'd n'Cfl'lltioll d{'Ill:lIld ,,'ill increase <br />frOIn noout 231.000 current rpcrf'll.tion duvs to 509.000 hv Y('ur 2000 <br />in t.he IC\L\. This demund will t'OTlH' 110't onl\' from 100:a( residents <br />but from tonrisb who stop (In their \\':ty to \'b,it 'other rl'('f('ation tln'n~. <br />Till' R:\L\':-\ t'xisting ~llpply cOIl::,i:;h; of Platoro, l.a .Tllm and Tl'll- <br />jillo :\[eadows Res{'ryoirs which 11l\\"e 4,4i3 water surfact' acres, <br />