WSP01467

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/6/1967
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Tenth Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

(lOLOnAllO, ,nrvEll' STORAGE 'PROJECT,

11

Fontenelle Dam was completed during. April "l,964 and storage of
water was initiated. On September 3, 1965, a serious leak developed
through the right abutment of the dam, and since that time an
extensive repair program has been underway. The bulk of .this
work so far has involved regrouting of the right abutment rock and
supplemental grouting elsewhere throughout the dam foundation.
About 90 percent of the grouting work has been accomplished.
Other than the repair work underway on. Fontenelle Dl1m, the
Seedskadee project program 'centers on the development farm, which
is just completing its first full year of operation. The farm is being
operated by the University of Wyoming under the generalsujJervision'
of an adVIsory committee, which includes representation from the
Bureau of Reclamation, Agricultural Research Service, Soil Con-
servatio~ Service, and the University of Wyoming. The studies on
the farm will provide valuable and needed informatio\l on water
management practices, crop production and. livestock-handling
techniques, arid theh-: relationship to the optimum size of fl1mily
farm units for the. Seedskadee project lands. Detailed' records are
being kept as a basis for initiation of agricultural economic studies
preparatory to development of the Seedskadee project. .At least 1
additional year of full .operation, concurrent with the above' studies,
is desh-able to support and adjust the initial data. However, yields
attained during the 1966 season'indicate the soils are productive tinder
proper management. , "'.' '..' ,
Recreational development completed in the "Area general" of
Fontenelle Reservoir irlcludes a boat lauJJ,ching ramp, picnicking and
camping'facilities, and 'utility and office buildings. . .." ,
Amemorandum of agreement (contract No. 14-06-400-4402) was
executed' by the Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau .of Sport Fisheries
and Wildlife to establish acompatible commonbouridary betwe\m the'
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge and adjoining' farm units' of
tI:e Seed~kadee Pfoje?t, 'Wyoming. To ~~minist~r .certain reclamation
WIthdrawn and acqUIred lands ",nd addItIOnal pl'lvate land puri;hased
with section 8 funds, 'the Bmeau of Sport. Fisheries and Wildlife
appointed a refuge manager to aid the detailed planning and)nitial
management operationst . ,', \~";'. '

SILT PAR'J;'ICIPATING PROJECT, COLonA,DO

This is a multipurpose project which will provide' a supplemental
water supply for 4,628 acres and a full supply for 2,416 acres of new
land in west-central Colorado in Garfield County near the town of
Rifle, Colo. Theproject will also provide fish and wildlife and recr,ea-
tion benefits.' " . ",'
The principal featme,; include the Rifle Gap Dam on Rifle, Creek,
which will store water for release into Davie ditch and .to Rifle Creek
for diversion to the Grass Valley Canal. Water will also be pumped
from the Colorado Rive'r near Silt at the Silt pumping plant to serve
project lands. '
The status of construction at June 30, 1966 was as follows:

Percent
complete
Silt pumping plant and pump oanaL__-'__u_______n.,.___-:-___..,__n_,.__n 71
Rifle Gap Dam and road relocation________n_n___n__,._n___n___n__ '71'
Davie dItch, Grass Valley Canal rehabilitation, and Dry Elk .Valley

lateraL____ u __ __ _ _ _ __ __ __ __ c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ u u _ _ u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 75