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<br />.,' '/JOOl1':t1) <br />OOJ~~tland Moosa Pro,ject (Continued) <br /> <br />Soap Creek flows will be regulated at Soap Park Reservoir on the creek <br />and conveyed to Crystal Creek by the Black Moosa Conduit. Natural flows <br />of Curecanti Creek will also be diverted into the conduit. <br /> <br />Releases from the Black Mesa Conduit along with flows of Crystal Creek <br />will be diverted from the creek into the existing Crystal Valley ditch <br />and the potential Fruitland Canal and used for irrigation. A diversion <br />from Dyer Fork, a Crystal Creek tributary, will be increased and the water <br />will be replaced to downstream users on Crystal Creek from the project. <br />Flood easements will be obtained and protective measures provided for the <br />portion of Crystal Creek channel used to convey additional project water. <br /> <br />The first 2~ miles of the 21-mile-long Fruitland Canal will be a replace- <br />ment of. the existing Fruitland ditch. Three major turnouts will be made <br />from the canal to existing facilities, including (1) Cattlemens ditch; <br />(2) Gould Feeder Canal, a section of the Fruitland ditch which will be <br />renamed; and (3) Castle Canyon, a natural channel. Minor turnouts will <br />be made directly to project lands and to distribution laterals. Eleven <br />miles of the Gould Canal west of Castle Canyon will be enlarged by the <br />canal owners except for some structures which will be replaced as a part <br />of the project. The existing Gould Reservoir will provide regulation of <br />project water delivered to it by the Gould Feeder Canal. A pipeline will <br />be constructed by the National Park Service to convey a small amount of <br />project water from the Fruitland Canal for public use at the Black Canyon <br />of the Gunnison National Monument. <br /> <br />Irrigation laterals and drains will be constructed as needed. Recreational <br />facilities will be provided and operated by the Forest Service at the Soap <br />Park Reservoir. Fisheries will be created at the Soap Park ,and Gould Res- <br />ervoirs. Irrigation yield reductions at Gould Reservoir resulting from <br />the maintenance of a fishery pool will be made up to the reservoir owners <br />from project water supplies. Certain minimum flows for fish will be main- <br />tained in Soap and Curecanti Creeks. <br /> <br />.,._~.t* <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />- <br />