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<br />BENJ."....\lIr-< F.-..sTAPLETON <br />Chunnal:l, D~lIver <br /> <br />FRl::DER1CK V. KROEGER <br />Vict-ChairnUlI, DwalllO <br /> <br />o-:~~ <br />-",..~-- <br />.~~"'". <br />e;,,',' <br />, -.. <br />,~ .. <br /> <br />FELIX L. SPARKS <br />DJr~ctor <br /> <br />LARcN 1). MORRiLL <br />Deputy Dlr~clor <br /> <br />H. G BERTHELSON <br />IUD Blanco <br />CLARENCE E. BURR <br />Wl.ldclI <br /> <br />QUINCY C. CORNELIUS <br />Hooper <br /> <br />JOHN ^. LOVe <br />Govern.or <br /> <br />LEE E. FORD <br />Monuole <br /> <br />Of PART ME NT Of NATURAL RESOURCfS <br /> <br />HUGH E. PICKREL <br />Rocty Ford <br />HERBERT H. VANDEMOER <br />StuliJ:18 <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />RICHARD 8. WILL1A.MS <br />G...ad JUl1ct.1011 <br /> <br />102 COLUMBINE BU'lO'NG 1845 SHfRMANSTRfH <br />DENVER, COlORADO 80203 <br /> <br />Telephone <br />303-892.3441 <br /> <br />October 28, 1971 <br /> <br />~oc. R. G. Burnett, Chief <br />Engineering Division <br />Omaha District. Corps of Engineers <br />7410 U. S. Post Office & Court House <br />Omaha, Nebraska 68102 <br /> <br />Dear Hr. Burnett, <br /> <br />Pursuant to your request, we have revie'.-led your draft <br />environMen~al statement for Bear Creek Lake, Colorado, dated <br />September 1971. We believe that this statement accurately <br />reflects the environmental impact of the construction of the <br />Bear Creek Dam. As you point out, the proposed reservoir area <br />has suffered serious impact from mining operations, overgrazing <br />by domestic animals, the construction of roads and the utilization <br />of the area for homes and Dusinesses. <br /> <br />The present area has no significant value for fish or <br />wildlife and ;Jecause of activities of man its prir,litive state ha,s; <br />been almost entirely des'troyed. The construc'tion of the projec'c <br />\"ould permit 'the opera'tion of a cold water fishery and would <br />further permit the restoration of a large part of the area to its <br />original condition. <br /> <br />We believe that any loss of environment occasioned by <br />Dle construction of Dle dam and the subsequent operation of the <br />reservoir will be entirely overshadowed by the benefits to be <br />gained from 'the flood concrol features, the establishment of a <br />cold water fishery and the restoration of much of the reservoir <br />area 'to its original sta'te as nearly as can be achieved at this <br />time. <br />