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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />18S: <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Recommendations <br /> <br />To mitigate losses to the extent feasible and to capitalize on the <br />opportunitIes for enhancing fIsh and wIldlife, It is recommended that: <br /> <br />I. fish and wildlife be Incladed among the purposes for <br />which the project Is authorized. <br /> <br />2. A mlnlmam Instantaneous flow of 50-second feet be <br />maintained In the South Platte River below Narrows <br />Reservoir Dam. <br /> <br />3. Public access for fishing be provided along 5.5 miles <br />of the South Platte River Just below Narrows Reservoir <br />Dam, <br /> <br />4. Jackson Reservoir Dam be rehabilitated following which <br />Jackson ReservoIr, wIth sufficIent water for Its stabi- <br />lIzed operation for fIsh and wIldlife and recreatIon in <br />general, be made available to the Colorado Department <br />of Game, Fish and Parks. <br /> <br />5. Approximately 15,765 acres of land, together wIth any <br />associated water rights and appropriate development, <br />be made available to the Colorado Department of Game, <br />Fish and Parks for a wildlife management area In accord- <br />ance with a General Plan as provided In Sections 3 and 4 <br />of the Fish and Wildlife CoordInation Act (48 Stat. 401, <br />as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). <br /> <br />6. A zoning plan for Narrows ReservoIr be developed coopera- <br />tively by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Colorado <br />Department of Game, Fish and Parks to Insure the availa- <br />bility of adequate and safe areas for fishing and hunting. <br /> <br />Costs <br /> <br />Jackson Reservoir Dam. It Is estimated that It would cost $125,000 to <br />rehabilitate the dam to Reclamation standards and that the annual opera- <br />tion, maintenance, and replacement of the dam and other works related <br />to the stabilized operation of the reservoir would be about $18,000. <br />These costs are based on 1965 prices, <br /> <br />Wildlife Hana~ement Area. The 15,765-acre area, as shown on Plate II at <br />thl end of thiS report, would consist of 8,545 acres of project-acquired <br />lands, 3,700 acres to be converted from easement to fee title, and an <br />