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<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />The project was substantially complete at. June 30, 1966. The <br />dam has been storing water and the reservoir water surface' elevation <br />was 6,930.4 at the end of the fiscal year. Total storage in the reservoir <br />at !that time was 15,520 acre-feet. <br />Project water was available for rental by the district during the <br />1966 irrigation season.: The district was notified that the develop- <br />ment period will comnwnce January 1, 1967. <br />The BUTeau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife in cooper..tion with the <br />Utah State Fish and Game Department continued land acquisition <br />for the land and water rights ne'cessary for development of the Desert <br />Lake waterfowl management area at the Emery OOlmty project_ In <br />conjunction with the public domain lands proposed for withdrawal, <br />sufficient acreage wflSobtained for a 2,000-acre management unit. <br />Tlris will provide a hasis for development of detailed engineering plans <br />and initiation of construction contracts. <br /> <br />FRUITLAND MESA PARTICIPATING PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />The. project is locat~d in the Gunnison River Basin of the Upper <br />Oolorado River Basin in Montrose and Delta Oounties about 60 miles <br />west of the Oontinental, Divide. This is a multipurpose project which <br />would provide supplem~ntal water for 6,930 acres of presently inade- <br />quately irrigated land nnd a full supply of irrigation water to 16,520 <br />acres of land. In addition, recreation and fish and wildlife benefits <br />would be provided. Principal project features will include the Soap <br />Park Dam which will create a 44,670 acre-foot reservoir, the Black <br />Mesa conduit, the 22-mile Fruitland canal, and two diversion dams. <br />Work continued duriu/,( fiscal year 1966 On the accumulation of <br />ditta to be used in prep.armg the definite plan report. This report is <br />expected to be complet~d by the end of calendar year 1966. <br /> <br />1,YMAN PARTICIPATING PRO,TECT, UTAH: AND WYOMING <br /> <br />This is a multipUTpose project located in Uinta Oounty,south_ <br />western Wyoming, and. Summit Oounty, Utah, near the town of <br />EvanHton, Wyo. The project will provide supplemental water to <br />42,6'1'4 acres of existing farmland and will provide fish and ,vildlife <br />and recreation benefits. A $2,212,000 repayment contract executed <br />with Bridger Valley Oonservancy District on April 8, 1964, was <br />validated by the third judicial court on September 4, 1964, and up" <br />held by the Supreme Court April 28, 1965. As of June 30, 1966, <br />work was substantially 60mpleted On the temporary" goverm:nent camp <br />at Mountain View, Wyp. A contract for the construction of Meeks <br />Oabin Dam and access r'oad was awarded on May 13, 1966, to W. W. <br />Olyde & 00. As of June 30, 1966, 2.6 percent of that contract had <br />been completed. . <br />In connection with the fishing-access program proposed for the <br />Blacks :Work below Meeb Oabin Dam, realty personnel of thc Bureau <br />of Sport FisherieH and 'Wildlife and the Wyoming Game and Fish <br />Department jointly apprai8ed and initiated negotiations for public- <br />fishing easementH along', the firBt 10 miles of stream below the dam. <br /> <br />NAVAJO INDIAN IRRIGAlrrON PARTICIPATING PROJECT, NEW MEXICO <br />,. , , <br />. Cons(ructioncontinui3d on the Navajo Indian irrigation project <br />which is lo.cated. in the northwestern area of New Mexico. The <br />project will utilize the existing Oolorado River storage project, <br />74-l'i87~67---8 <br /> <br />