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..... .. 00037(' -32- Mr. Ray E. Peterson Administrative Assistant Colorado Water Conservation Board ,:~2 State Office Building Jc:lVer, Colorado (Received by phone 5-17-51) Meeker, Colorado Dear Mr, Peterson: This will aCknowledge your letter of May 1 and confirm our telephone "8nversations on subsequent dates relative to the comments from northwest Colo- :, ':do on the proposed Colorado River Storage Project. We understand that such '''"ments, together with those submitted from other sections of the State, will ,,-,eve as a basis in the formulation of the Official Comments of Colorado by the :','lter Cons!1rvation Board, and that such comments must be submitted to the Secretary 0f the Interior not later than June 15, 1951. It is our intention, and work is now in progress to such end, to prepare, rather detailed comments of a comprehensive nature concerning the proposed stor- age units that will be established on the Green and Yampa Rivers in and near the Dinosaur National Monument. We will seek the endorsement of the various civic 'cod county organizations and governments at that time. Such a report will give a general endorsement to the principle of the necessity of river regulatory faciliti~s of the type proposed in the Colorado River Storage Project report, ns being essential to the continued agricultural and industrial development in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River. Specific support will be voiced concerning the locations of the'Echo Park, Flaming Gorge, Split Mountain and Cross Mountain dam sites. Specific reservations and objections, however, will be made relative to certain administrative and planning details as that concerning the above-mentioned i'"servoir sites, the agricultural economy of northwest Colorado, and the general complexion of the program. We will reserve all comments at this time relative to the controversial aspects of the proposed project which are concerned with other tributary basins, particularly the Gunnison. It is our position that such problems must be solved by the people directly affected and our interests therein vlill be devoted solely to those phases which will affect the program as a whole. I have been authorized to make such statements herein contained as well as to prepare the complete comments as mentioned above by the Board of Directors of the Colorado Echo Park Dam Association meeting at Meeker, April 15, 1951. The Chambers of Commerce of Grand Junction, Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Meeker, Rangely, Artesia, Craig, and Steamboat Springs, are currently affiliated with the Colorado Echo Park Dam Association, as well as the city gover~~eDts of Glenwood Springs and Meeker. We anticipate that our comprehensive comments will, be completed and mimeo- graphed for distribution through your channels wi thin the next two weeks. Sincerely yours, Gordon A. Weller Executive Secretary COLORADO ECHO PARK DAM ASSOCIATION