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<br />- :...> .',:~~.~ .'-~:';. .,".....'~ ~- .-' <br /> <br />:' <br /> <br />, .,-,'," <br /> <br />,.'." . <br /> <br />;",'<,!:- ).' <br /> <br />--' <br /> <br />000370 <br /> <br />-30- <br /> <br />But the Board of Directors recommends that at all times funds from the Colo- <br />rado River Account be given priority for reimbursement of participating projects <br />within the natur~l basin. <br /> <br />4). The Board of Directors is in complete agreement with the proposal to build Echo <br />?~rk reservoir within the Dinosaur National Monument. <br /> <br />In spite of the objection of many "Wildlife" organizations that this reservoir <br />vr0uld ruin the Monument, the Directors wish to point out that when the Monument was <br />c!'eated it was only wi th the understanding that future water facilities were not <br />r.'__ be precluded by such creation, and that the National Park Service has held this <br />ai"ea closed to any development for 12 years' ,vi thout spending a penny of public funds <br />t, open it up, and that condition .vill continueiindefinitely unless from the build- <br />1"eg of this reservoir means may be found to penpi t the general public access to and <br />,",joyment of its scenic beauties in safety. 'If'it is not built, limited access to <br />~;l" canons of Green and Yampa rivers will on~ be possible to people willing to <br />;,',"3 such journeys at the risk of their lives~ and who will be more concerned with <br />(' t ~ing out alive than the beauties of what they can see. Even with the reservoir <br />; them these canons will be beautiful and people can see them. <br /> <br />;), The proposed investigations by agencies of "he Department of Interior, other <br />chan the Bureau of Reclamation, in the Upper Colorado River Basin, should be <br />;dckly carried out by those agencies to the end 'that a fully implemented view of <br />211 the resources of the Upper Basin, in all respects, can be visualized. <br /> <br />6). The proposal for funds to be accrued in a special account to speed Upper Basin <br />investigations by the B11reau of Reclamation, is a~rpble; but attention is called <br />to the interval at the start of the project when sm~ funds will not be available, <br />and it is especially urged that funds for continuing investigation at the quickest <br />possible rate are essential. \ <br /> <br />The residents of the natural basin of the Colorado river vdthin Colorado have <br />,,',ot been able to secure the surveys needed to establi~h the present and potential <br />'de of water wi thin the natural basin in Colorado. Url~il the data made available <br />)y such surveys are considered, it is impossible to de~ermine the relative benefits <br />from the use and re-use of the water wi thin the natural' basin, vii th the resultant <br />, <br />:'''Jsidue or return flow which remain in the stream and be available to fulfill our <br />obligation at Lee Ferry, or to determine how such uses ~ll conform to the State <br />policy to protect the present and future needs within tlu! basin. lienee we cannot <br />wait until the accumulation of funds from the Colorado "ver Storage Project to <br />complete the general features of the Upper Basin survey ~ Western Colorado. <br /> <br />7). Insofar as the sentiment of the immediate locality is known, it is believed <br />that it would be preferable not to build the Whi tewater OP Bridgeport reservoir <br />at this time, nor in any case, unless and until holdover add regulatory storage <br />is built higher on Gunnison river. <br /> <br />The reasons for this view are: a) this reservoir does 510t contr:lbute to the <br />'nain aim of the Storage Project 'since it has practically no 'holdover, and very <br />Lttle ~latory value; b) considerable money will be saved,in its construction <br />