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<br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />.,., <br />- <br />,. <br />~.. <br /> <br />c: <br /> <br />2: <br /> <br />3- BI.>>\( <br /> <br />."..,:'1 <br /> <br />the project in May and were wrinkled to some extent. <br /> <br />The whole J~~l'e.:..!_lC.~j~c:.t area as shown on the sJ "1,, extends <br /> <br />i- r/.1 ..,., <br />, <br /> <br />about 120 air miles from Craig on the east to Ouray. i;tClh, ()fl the <br /> <br />W8St near the junction of the White and Green Rivers, and includes <br /> <br />portions of Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties in Colorado and Uintah <br /> <br />County in Utah. Intervening settlements include Maybell. which is <br />-- <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />one of the larger ones as seen in an aerial view, Sunbeam, Elk Springs, <br /> <br />Massadona, Skull Creek, Blue Mountain, and Artesia in Colorado and <br /> <br />Red Wash, 80nanza, and Ouray in Utah which collectively have a present <br /> <br />population of about 1,000. <br /> <br />The arid climate averages about eight inches of rainfall yearly <br /> <br />and about three to four inches of this occurs during the 150-day <br /> <br />growing season--May through ~eptember. The frost-free period is <br /> <br />about 120 days compared to 99 days on the neighboring Savery-Pot <br /> <br />Hook Project on Little Snake River to the north. <br /> <br />The project area with its sagebrush, greasewoocl. e,wl J'"dper <br /> <br />-, <br />,) <br /> <br />2 <br />