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<br />UNI'lED STATES IEPARI'MENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife <br />North Central Region <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota <br /> <br />September 7, 1967 <br /> <br />Col. W. H. McKenzie, III, District Engineer <br />U. S. Arrrry Engineer District, Omaha <br />Corps of Engineers <br />6012 U. S. Post Office and Court House <br />Omaha, Nebraska <br /> <br />Dear ColoDel McKenzie: <br /> <br />On November 8, 1966, the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife released <br />a report treating your plan for development of Mount Carbon Dam and <br />Reservoir, Jefferson County, Colorado. On August 3, 1967, a meeting to <br />cllscuss this plan was held in your office and was attended by members <br />of your staff, the Colorado Department of Game, Fish and Parks, the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, <br />and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. At this meeting, <br />Mr. W. G. Evans, of your staff, requested that we comment on a recom- <br />mendation made by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation that your plan of <br />development be mocllfied to include the acquisition of the Soda lakes and <br />approximately 660 surrouncllng acres as a part of the project. Mr. Evans <br />also requested our estimates of the number of fisherman and hunter-days, <br />and associated benefits, which could be expected if these adclltional <br />lands and waters were to be acquired. <br /> <br />This letter will provide the requested data, and will supplement our <br />report of November 9, 1966. It has been reviewed and concurred in by <br />the Colorado Department of Game, Fish and Parks as evidenced by the <br />attached letter, dated August 25, 1967, from Mr. Harry R. Woodward, <br />Director, to Mr. Cecil E. Gubser, Supervisor, Missouri River Basin <br />Stuclle s . <br /> <br />In our view, acquisition of the Soda Lakes and surrounding lands wouJ.d <br />be a valuable addition to the Mount Carbon Reservoir project. Manage- <br />ment of the Soda Lakes primarily for fishing would result in a high <br />level of use by fishermen. Also, acquisition of the approximately 660 <br />surrounding acres wouJ.d provide a large enough area, taken together with <br />the other lands needed for the Mount Carbon Reservoir project, to permit <br />the management of a substantial portion of the total area for public <br />hunting. <br /> <br />The larger of the two Soda lakes (84 acres) could be developed and <br />managed as a trout fishery capable of supporting )4,000 fisherman <br />days-use annually, evaluated at $102,000. The smaller of the two lakes <br />(14 acres) may not provide the limDological conclltions necessary to <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />I <br />" <br />'+, <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />I <br /> <br />'., <br /> <br />,t 1 <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br />'. <br />'i <br /> <br />.1: <br />t <br />, <br /> <br />f <br />