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000352 -12- therefore, cannot be used in Colorado for other than a limited supply to Grand Valley (about 1400 acres) so that a little diversion could be made from the head waters of the Colorado River. Ther(l is some question whether Bridgeport Dam should ever be built, but Bridgeport Dam is given priority in the project pl~~ not Curecartti Dam. Under the 1922 compact the Curecanti Jleservoir should be cOn- structed FIRST for the protection of our state and western counties and the tax~ payers dollar. Western Slope Committee Colorado Cattlemens Association C. W. Blake, Secretary ***w~~***************** RESOLUTION WHEREAS, representatives of the DELTA CHAHIlER OF COJJ.ffiRCE, have heard th,e reports and discussion of the Bureau of Reclamation on the hold-over storage pro- gram of the Upper Basin States and have considered the reports on the relative costs and benefits of the Currecanti neservoir and the lIhitewater or Bridgeport Reservoir and have now given further consideration to the plans for the develop- ment of the Colorado River and its tributaries, inclUding particularly the Gunnison River; and WHEREAS, we have come to the conclusion that the overall Itlan for the con- struction of ten hold-over storage Reservoirs on the Colorado River and its tribu- taries in the Upper Basin States is sound; and InfEREAS, it is our considered opinion that the Currecanti Reservoir has ~ubstantial advantages over the construction of the Whi tewater Reservoir; and WHEREAS, the members of this organization realize the construction of the ~urrecanti Reservoir would require the reconstruction of Highway No. 50; and would require payment for privately owned lands and resorts; We also realize that the construction of the Whitewater Reservoir would require the relocation of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad; would also require the acquisition of privately owned lands and fruit orchards. On the other hand, it is our firm be- iief that a lake of the size and at the elevation of Currecanti Reservoir would ~e a valuable recreational asset to the area above and below said Reservoir site; .::md WHEREAS. we believe that unless the waters of the Gunnison River are fully put to a beneficial use at the earliest practicable date, that the water will be t,,-,t to a beneficial use elsewhere. N~V, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this organization approves the overall hold-ever storage program as proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation in principle.