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<br />, <br />. , <br /> <br />.0 ~n 3 ') n <br /> <br />P"'y 1970 <br /> <br />" <br />. <br /> <br />PROJECT: Yellow J~ckct <br /> <br />STATUS; Feasibility ~ Proposed Region;:)l Director's. Report cOr.lplcccd in <br />October 1968. aW34ting co~pletion of Feasibility Report <br />LOCATION: Rio Blanco and Moffo:lt Counties along the ~~ite River and ~~lk Creek <br />Drainages near Meeker and Axial. Colorado <br /> <br />SPONSORING AGENCY: Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District organized 9-29-59 <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />The project ~uld develop flows of North Fork of the "~ite River in Ripple <br />Reservoir, Lost Creek in Lost Park Reservoi~ and Milk Creek in Thornburgh <br />Reservoir for irrigation. fish ar:.d wildlife, and flood control. t1uniclpal and <br />industrial water also would be developed in Lost Park and Ripple Reservoirs. <br />The irrigation and municipal and industrial w~uld be conveyed to delivery points <br />and service ~reas by the Yellow J~ckct and Josephine Basin C~nals. Irrigation wate <br />in the Ki~K Cr~ck area would be conveyed by the tulk Creek Canal and the Juhb <br />Pumping Plant would lift part of the irrigation water to higher lying lands in <br />Axial Basin. Requests by the Colorado Division of Came, Fish, and Parks for <br />replace~ent of big-game range lost through irrigation of 'private lands has met. <br />with much opposition by the local people. <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPOSES: <br /> <br />IrriRation <br /> <br />Supplemental service land <br />Full service land <br />Tota 1 <br /> <br />3,690 acres <br />19,920 acres <br />23,610 acres <br /> <br />Municipal and domestic water: The development of 55,500 acre-feet for this <br />purpose would have ~nDual benefits $1,115,500. <br /> <br />Recreation: Visitations of 180,400 yearly would create benefits of $220,900 <br />annually. <br /> <br />Fish ~nd ~1ildlife: Visitations of 90,600 would create benefits of $128,700 <br />annually. Mitigation costs of $900,000 are projected by ColCt" ado Division <br />of Cace, Fish, and Parks. <br /> <br />Flood control: Control of sno~elt would amount to benefits of $11,000 <br />anm.:.:ally. <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATURES: <br /> <br />~cservoirs <br />Ripple <br />L::ls t P.:rk <br />Thornburgh <br /> <br />Total <br />capac ity <br />(ac.-ft.) <br />17,000 <br />22,000 <br />16,535 <br /> <br />Canals <br />yello.... Jacket <br />Josephine Basin <br />Milk Creek <br /> <br />Length <br />(miles) <br />.31.1 <br />35.8 <br />12.1 <br /> <br />Cap~city <br />(cis) <br />360 <br />185 <br />90 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />. - <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.~ <br />