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<br />n,C Ela wildlife S~Tll:lu"ry 1~ a popular area for Ilird watching ;md ""lUre ",';Ilks. The PI'OP""!Y IS
<br />located "JF'",;nl to ('01<>ra,l.. SI~le P,,,h,Conne<:lc.<.! ukcs. Under hoth Ihe ~tl AClInll ;111<1
<br />Prop",cJ Arlioll. lhl' properly w"ulJ (nllllml<' l<> l'wvi(!e recleation,,1 "pP<'r1umll<'s
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<br />AJjnulIng lam! u';('s lIIdude (',)lura(lo R,\'cr State I'arh.('onm:'('led Lake" agnl'Ullllr.1I amI
<br />[,',i,kmial propenic" amllhe Grand Valley Audut"'n Society', Na1l'fc Center _ite I Figllfc 41.
<br />Connected Like_ provides fl~hing. picnid.:ing. ;mJ hiking recrcalwn urrnntmillc<; 10 Ihe
<br />surroundmg communlly. A Slate Park !>oat tamp is lr>Cat~d nn the Cnlnrad" River .iU'l we'l nr
<br />lhe Ela Wlldhfe Arca ()urin~ ~l'nng runoff. the "'>at ramp becomes sllhrlltr~~J:I' Colorado
<br />River water h<ll:ks "I' Ihe txl'lmgchannd. Un<l~r Ihe proptN:d a,:I",", the 1><'''1 ralllp ""Illd
<br />conllml.... In.... ;nundat~d wilh ('ol"rado Rilw hadwater (Iunng high 'pring runoff. 'The
<br />proposrd ;KlIOll i~ pn-dielcd 10 have 110 effecl "n Ih~ I><'JI ramp (Telra T~.:h 200~b) A leu....r
<br />dal~d ScPlcrn1>er 2. 200~ from RO.....11 ~ulh. Dirc,-lor (or lh.... l1PP"r Color,uJo Rivrr En,I;IIl~cr,'d
<br />Fi,h Rrcnv~ry Program to David Fo~. Cnln"lclo Dh'i~inn of I'<\rh. proVided ;1<"umm'C\ lhal if
<br />;lflyunnP<'ctrdrroblcm~d"oc<'urthalalcdire"tlyaltriblllahlcll'thennh:hinlh....lcy~.ltle
<br />Rel:o\'ery Program wnlllcll;l~C apprllprialc concC\iw action I Re~'ov~ry !'rngram, l(Kl1)
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<br />Ela Wildlife S:m~lllary ,<nd lh~ adjolmng pn\pel1l~' "re wilhln, thc JI):),ycar tloodplam orlhe
<br />('"lor;ldn Rive!. ", lheri\'cr ri<;es, wawrhc:-!;In, lob",:k up a drain3gc n~ar Ih~ Slate Palk', b"al
<br />launch, A\ Ih~ n"cr contllluc, In fiSC. walef also muml"lc' a portiulI n(lhe State r;lr~ and W;,lef
<br />h",,~, up along Dikc R,'ad lhc prnposcd aI:lInn would not merea", Ilr denta,c lhi, "'-'elmcncc
<br />~nd would pr{\v"l~ no ~,ld'I,,'n;lll1",-Kl prole,'llon for "lIj{'ining lallljuwnrr'. The pl'Op<"cll "ClInn
<br />inclu<lesthcconstn""lil'nnl'annffwll"veeJustup~lrcam"fth,-'nnl,'hIOIlj;,illt,,'nlheni'ling
<br />Ic,'d' ornO<Xl prolectio" hI Ur'lre"m ."liuimng l"I1<1"....ncr\, /\dJ<llIlinl:( l;lIldn"ners ....,ml,1
<br />COIlIIl1","tne'pcno,llce no..dillgatlhcfivc-)'carfre<jllcn'-.y:howC"crlhoprop<,<-edad'OII....'ould
<br />11<'1 incrc.'<:lhclrC'1u~m'ynfn'iO<jingnna<.1J<llmngprnl"-'rtlo'.
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<br />l'enlf"llarYC<1I1',tnrcl;on a<:ce.s aao" c;!and Valley..\lI(luh<,n', propellywnul<lh<:n....edcd tll
<br />allnw hCJ"y C'-IUlpl11cnt In nnl<'h Ihe levu. CnnSlrudl(ln 'I('<,c" ....ould folk,.... an e,,"'llll!:
<br />pctk<'lri'1II1rail th"llrJvel. from Dlkc Road Hi lh.... notch )o<:al\\'11 Oil tll(' Ela Wihmrc .SaneuMry.
<br />fhepcde'lli;ll1lra,lw"uldhercpaJraf1creon'lruclinntnlhpf<YOn,<1ful'lionC(\lIdltion,and,f",il
<br />c<ll\ll'acl'nno<:curs!'rnm hcavY"'1uirJ11emu'e,d"klllgmayhcTlcu~"lrytorC\'cgclalelh,.
<br />lcmp"rary;n:ccss
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<br />Lmd use wl.uld 1101 <,h,,"ge a, a re,ull of lhe pWI',,,ed aCli"n and ,urroumting l;,ndowncfS would
<br />"nminuch,h<: \u-ccplihlc10 sea,onal fk"kl;ngonal><"lItafrvcy~arnl",d frc'1"cncy,
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