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<br />Tlle othel' l.'eservoiJ: ::;i'1;08 fa,!:'l;her upstroam on Elld10arl Cr0.ok, thou,j1
<br />111'ov,i,elj,nc Gomo fishinG' po'l;enUa.l would bo leoo acceGoiblG, DJ,le1 thoro";
<br />foro less desirable. A reservoir at the uppel~mot site at California
<br />Pc:.::c, in adclition to havin~ poor acoessibility. woule1 eliminate im-
<br />porton'!; elk habitat. ~ - - ,
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<br />~';lC need for floocl oontrol, porticula:rly for thc '1;01011 of Craie;, ~m8 diG-
<br />.ctwse,l 'l;hoW)l no r;pecific oitoo \Yere vi8ited, In General, 'tho only
<br />environmentally Gound forras of flooe1 oontrol are flooe1-plain zoni,nc;
<br />flJ1i1. m"no,(l'Orncmt, PJ1d "1,,'I;ol.'cho(l improvemont. , Stro8m chal'l11eliza-l;ien ond'
<br />levoeinrs, are destracti ve 'of' fish am1 \lildlj,fe habita;l;, am1 encou.;:a{;e
<br />more illl;enoi,vo developmonts j,n the flootl plain, which bl.'inc; a.bout tho
<br />nced fo;: more extreme meD,8ures in the futuxe. A flooe1 plain io '011
<br />in'1;0(:r81 por!;ion of a s'!;j:eDI1l OhD.'ll101 that carrieii!l pook flo\{o.' It is
<br />norulal} and usually desirable, th8,t a flood plain bo ,wet occasionrwJ,y.
<br />Environmental qualHy Irill be maintained bost if this fo,ot j,s reCOGnized
<br />{lncl ;flood plain 110013 rO:Jtrictod to those tolo:Cllnt of occasional inundo.tion,
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<br />In SUJ71rn<JJ:Y, '"''' Gee tho LOHO:C Yompa study as consistinG of tlrO sepo,;:o,to
<br />0ne1 um:elated, proposals, (1) the ups'l;ream dovelopments on ))'ortificatj,on
<br />C'nd g]J.11oad ex-ceks and (2) Juniper Reservoir on the Olaino'l;ern of: the
<br />Y"'rlpa. Tho upstroam portion offers 0. choice of Gover,,], 8.1 ternativos
<br />I'lith V8:.:yj,nG' ccmbinations, of Good c>nd bad impc>.c'c on fish and ~lildlife.
<br />Junipor Roservoir, on the other 11=d, is a caS0 of, "'1;0 be or no'c to bo".,
<br />It ~lOuld d:;:aotioally affect ",";!;erfoi!l 8m1. existinc fich hAbitat, includ-'
<br />inrs th",',; 01 some rare and cndanG'Elred speoj,oo, but has 'I;he potentil.1.1 for I. r
<br />development of an outstDndi,ng cold-Ira;'.;er fishery'. These values must be
<br />care.i'ully woir,:hed in dooi~G' it the projeot is d,esi~able,
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<br />Superin'!;enden'l;, Dino::;au.X' National Nomunent, Dinosaur, Colorado
<br />Resident En.~ineJ3r,CE, Salt Lake Ci',;y, Utah
<br />__State Direotor, J3UXJ3au of Land Mana.,,"'J3ment, Denver, Coloro.do
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