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<br />of Reclamation has used a 20% reduction in the per capita <br />consumption figures - dropping use from 280 down to 220 <br />to reflect the conservation assertedly taking place in the <br />area. <br /> <br />The city of Durango has a right of use of 5,600 acre-feet <br />of water from the Florida River. They also have rights on <br />the Animas River to be developed by the project. Durango's <br />planned use is: <br /> <br />500 <br />3,900 <br />8,200 <br /> <br />acre-feet <br />acre-feet <br />acre-feet <br /> <br />1980 <br />2000 <br />2020 <br /> <br />single Purpose Alternative <br /> <br />It is worth noting that when the Bureau of Reclamation <br />evaluated a municipal and industrial alternative for the <br />project, that instead of using the 3 and 1/4% 100-year <br />period that the Animas La Plata project was evaluated at, <br />that a 7% interest rate over 50-year periOd was used. The <br />project documents never indicate that a single purpose M&I <br />alternative was not economically feasible. <br /> <br />f. <br />~~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE <br /> <br />~'. <br /> <br />15,139 acres of land would be required for project features. <br />The ownership of this land is as follows: <br /> <br />7,539 acres of private land <br />4,296 acres of state of Colorado and New Mexico <br />2,505 acres of Tribal land <br />799 acres of Federal land <br /> <br />According to the project's EIS, a total of about 13,684 <br />acres of land now committed to wildlife habitat would be <br />acquired for project use. 4,183 acres of this would be <br />irrevocably committed to reservoir storage, canals, roads, <br />and other structures. The remaining 9,501 acre. would be <br />committed to such long term project uses as recreation <br />areas, wildlife management areas and rights of way. <br /> <br />Construction of the Ridges Basin Reservoir would require the <br />relocation of a large big game management area. Only 4,000 <br />of the area's existing 7,000 acres will be replaced. It is <br />unknown where this replacement land will be located. Project <br />documents indicate that about 1,600 acre. could be found <br />north of U.S. Highway 160 and 900 acre. west of Ridges Basin <br />with an additional 1,000 acres within the Boundary of the <br />Southern Ute Reservation. The remaining 500 acre. has not <br /> <br />:~ <br /> <br />". <br />") <br />r;~ : <br />L-- <br />l~ <br />\, <br />:;.. <br />~'.t <br />~j <br />~. <br /> <br />'". <br />i'-:- <br /> <br />;-;1 <br /> <br />:,~ <br /> <br />23 <br />