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. Bureau of Reclamation . News Release Upper Colorado Region Grand Junction Projects Office Grand Junction CO Ronald Johnston (303) 248-0618 For Release April 17, 1992 COOPERATING AGENCIES ANNOUNCE PUBLIC MEETINGS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON DELIVERY OF WATER TO THE BLACK CANYON AND THE GUNNISON GORGE The Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, CLhd COIOl:adu Wat~:c Conservat.ion Board will hold public informational meetings on April 28-30, 1992, to discuss a proposal to provide water for long-term protection of the Gunnison River streamflows through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument (BLCA) and the Gunnison Gorge. The meetings are being held to inform the public about this complex issue and to promote future involvement in the process. Presentations will include concepts, objectives, and goals of each cooperating agency followed by a question and answer period. A description of public involvement activities and the process will also be provided. The agencies will be entering into discussions and studies on a possible alternative to develop a water service contract to deliver water from the Wayne N. Aspinall Unit to the BLCA. The agencies believe that a water service contract, using the Aspinall Unit (Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal Reservoirs) to provide this water, would be feasible and could ~esolve many issues related to protection of the BLCA and Gunnison Gorge, the reserved water right claims of the United States, and possibly flows for endangered fish species. The informational meetings will be followed by public scoping meetings in late May 1992 where the public will be asked to identify issues and alternatives. Two informational meetings (one in the afternoon and one in the evening) will be held at each location. Because the same material will be covered at all six meetings~ it is necessary to attend only one. The meetings will be held: April 28, 1992, Gunnison, Colorado, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Gunnison County Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Room, 275 South Spruce; April 29,1992, Montrose, Colorado, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at the Pavilion, 1800 Pavilion Drive; and, April 30, 1992, Delta, Colorado, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at the Columbine Senior Services Building, 247 Meeker. The Bureau of Reclamation makes every effort to assure that its meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities. Those needing special assistance should contact Jane Wright by April 24, 1992, at the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Junction Projects Office, 2764 Compass Drive, P.O. Box 60340, Grand Junction, CO 81506, telephone (303) 248-0636. # # # (j(j(jlj~S