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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />OJJ3gt, <br /> <br />Y..ay 1970 <br /> <br />PROJECT: Bostwick P.1rk <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />STATUS: Und~r consfructi~n~-3uthorizcd by P.L. 8S-568 <br /> <br />LOCATION: Xont=ose .1nd Gunnison Counties east of ~ntrose, Colorado <br />and south of the Guunicon River. <br /> <br />SPONSORING AGENCY: Bostwick Park Water Conservancy District organized <br />9-6-61 <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION': <br /> <br />Unused flows of Cimarron Creek <lore being develope~ by storage in <br />Silver J~ck Reservoir. Rele~3ed stor.1ge water and usable natural <br />flows arc diverted froe the creek into the existing Cimarron Canal <br />for conveyance to and distribution by th~ existing Vernal Mesa and <br />H.1irpin Ditches. The Lytle aDd Bostwick Laterals will be const~ucted <br />to convey irrigation frOm the Vernal Mesa Ditch to new land arc.1S <br />3bove prescnt. facUities. Fish and recreation facilities <Jre being <br />constrccted at the reservoir and min1m~~ flows will be released to <br />Cimarron Creek to enhance the strenm fish: ry. The full water supply <br />dcv~loped by the project will improve the crops yields and econoQY <br />of the area. consequently the environment will benefit also. <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPOSES: <br /> <br />Irri~8ti~n - Supplemental service land <br />Full service l~nd <br />Total <br /> <br />4)500 acres <br />1.610 acres <br />6,110 acres <br /> <br />Munieioal and domestic water: ~one <br /> <br />R~creation: Benefits of $80,000 would be created fro~ an estimated <br />50.000 visitor days annually. <br /> <br />Fish and wildlife: Benefits estimated at $93,000 would be developed <br />by the project annually. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATURES: <br /> <br />Reservoir <br />S11 ver J.1ck <br /> <br />Tot.11 <br />C.1pacity <br />(ae.-it.) <br />13.520 <br /> <br />L3terals <br />Bostwick <br />Lytle <br /> <br />Length <br />(miles) <br />3.3 <br />8.9 <br /> <br />Capac ity <br />(cis) <br />15.0 <br />10.0 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />o:;J <br />