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<br />Storing water would aid
<br />fis~ recovenj, officials say
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<br />Two Eastern Sll"Ipe "Riler provifl. 10 ea:plnre nltematlves OCher UlIn
<br />en FrldRY' prnpmerl ht.llldlnR :1 J1!!'- Sulphur Gl1lc:h."
<br />'!rV\1\r about tbe !\tze 0( Hl(!.hline 11te U.S. Flllllh And Wlldllrl! Ser.-
<br />Late on a tributary in l~ 1~1Ip. vlr.e hll"l'o,ld 1I",t Ihe river het~n
<br />('.anyon. to protect endangered n~h r:1lhuu1e "lwl Umnd ,runctlon mU!lt
<br />in the <ltahd VAlley. " ho.. lo.m ,=r..1 per year I. pro-
<br />The 1Jon.., WAt.r Boon!. J.I"..I l.cI Ih. .ndlnll"TOlf nAh, An'lICI'!
<br />by Ih.' N.rth.rn Colonid. W,t.,. ront I.equnl In obnul:J25.000 III'lkw.
<br />C~rvllncy District. llpplled with The rerlp.t'111 Colot"lulo River Re-
<br />the Colomdn Water Cour1 to build .. covery ProKrolIf) Is a cooperntlve er.
<br />the 18.(J{II).ac~root Sulphur Gulch COli of I~I, stRle Itnll r!1ter~1 wilier
<br />ReservOir.. .tt":'.;;:...... ;1: i.'\ "l..~';'.' .,v l~l'1\llndhydroelec.
<br />'",. ",Ie P"...... c'"',. ,~oelim Irlc PO"" produc.
<br />or the minI S 10 ; '-: . I I I . . I ~!'tl,~r I, !f!. The' program's
<br />bnUd a dAm to help f,'ti . " ",' Inl.nt I. \. help re-
<br />lhe l!ndi!U~ fish," f>.ffl COVE'r the endan-
<br />said Chips Darry, d). ~',~. gt'r'Cfl pi'keminnow,
<br />rector or Ihe Denver :,,~'....-r;!,'.: hurnpback chuh,
<br />Water Boam. ~,On bnnyl:111 chub and
<br />The new re.!lervolr 1i17.Olb;tck s1lcker and
<br />would be abonl Ih..... I. I\Jlly develop Cnl.
<br />nfths or II mile from orodo's wllter rJlhts.
<br />the gulch'l l.'Onnu. 111!' O!nver WI'
<br />once with the CoI.. ler Boon! ha, qreed
<br />rndo River. Thp. res. 10 lemporarily sup-
<br />erval, "ould be bet....n 100 And 200 ply ""If thai 10101011 "Ith ....Iern
<br />surface &cmIln size. Slid Dave Lit. ColomSt WAter tlSB'll I'!qulred to
<br />Ue of the Ilm.., W.te, Soan!. suPPIll (b. .th., hair, Whlern Col.,
<br />Highllhe Lnke hIlS 174 surff1~ nnlo~.~ iUotmtllt .,n come from
<br />sae. Vega .Reservolr ha! BOO sur. Wolf'bt'dl Mounta In . Reservoir nesr
<br />ea",oae. K_1ll11n1- O.n.... And Narthe,n
<br />OIlh:JaJa !aId U,.y did no! ho.. on ,,1II'S!\\ft Ih.I, 'hal1! IhIm WlUlams
<br />esUmate on how much buUdlnl the Fork'Re.rvoir near Hot Sulphur
<br />reservoir would cmt . Springs.
<br />The plan wonlff be to slore WIItl!r This Interim solution ...111 be In
<br />In lhe reservoir during surphl~ now place beglnnlnl nexl summer and
<br />years to 11!lease (0 alff nsh recovery I8!!IUnl until 20m, Kuhn said.
<br />In (he lS-mlle seetlnn or the CoIn. "Our hope" U\At A ~lIIkm of
<br />rado River txltween Palisade Iud Colonda River wntrr usm ,,01 Join
<br />Grand Junction. . us In lhLq or In other opl.loT\! to f'U1.
<br />Of1lclals with (he Cotomdo Rlwr nl\ the obligation for Ihe 10,825 acre
<br />Water Con5ef"WUon Dlstrlcl. which feet of water for the recovery or en-
<br />manages use of river 'f:ater, !'.alii dangered Colorado River nsh," Ber.
<br />they have !lM!!n' concerns IIbmtt ry said. .
<br />Ihe PI"OpOISaI. rllnglng ft'om efTeclSl Kuhn slim havlnl tile resft'Volr
<br />on WIIter quallly to spendlnls con. nl!ltr De Oeque Canyon would mean
<br />8'derab!e sum to pump 'M!Iter tflat. the wltler would onJy be used to p(1)-
<br />would only heneOlllle rl!h. teet the n,h. .
<br />'"We nnt to ultimatelY mBke that A rerervolr located above Glen.
<br />water avaIlable for other Ulet thAn wood Sprlnp could provide more
<br />Just Rsh,'. said Eric Kuhn. manRRP.r I opportunUles Ibr use before re&clJ.
<br />of the river dislrld. "We're 100 pIlr. tnl the IS-mile !tre!ch. he said.
<br />cent behind their enbrb In tenns or
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<br />.. Continued from PiCI Onl
<br />Kuhn said the diStrict will' ana; ,
<br />lyze the proposal.
<br />"I Just think what we need to do is
<br />sit down with the water community !
<br />and put together some criteria for a ,
<br />long.term solution," Kuhn said.
<br />''This can be one of the alternatives
<br />but it is not going to be an the
<br />alternatives. "
<br />Berry said the appropriation date
<br />would be 1999 if the application is
<br />approved. Colorado annually sends
<br />about 1 million acre-feet of water
<br />that" belongs to the state but is un.
<br />used downstream to the lower basin
<br />states. '
<br />, This application would tap into
<br />that amount'
<br />Bem said that Water doesn't '
<br />come at the right time for the tlsh so
<br />the intention is to store it under 'a
<br />Junior right and release it when
<br />needed., .
<br />Larry Clever, manager ofUte Wa.
<br />ter Conservancy District, one of
<br />. many in the Grand Valley that
<br />Wl!uJd be aifected by the proposal,
<br />M.ld he was contacted Friday about,
<br />the filing but has not had a chance
<br />to look at it.
<br />- "I Ioo~ forward to looking at the .'
<br />,'.;~~tion to see ~hat is going on;
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<br />: C Patrit:k CIeciry canbf! reacJu.:i '
<br />, ~ia e-mail 01 CJlC/<<lry@gjds.coTlt " "
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