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<br />c <br />~ <br />L!? <br />~ <br />c <br />c <br /> <br />,,,ould be l.U to 1 with tot a' beneCts included ,,[,,1 ,~ to 1 with <br /> <br />only direct irrigation benefits included in the analysis. This <br /> <br />compares to the large project which would have a benefit-cost <br /> <br />9 <br />ratio of 1.5. to 1, including total benefits and a benefit-cost <br /> <br />ratio of slightly less than 1 to 1 when including only direct irri- <br /> <br />gation benefits. Our present data accordingly indicate that the <br /> <br />first stage of development would be better justiried by itself than <br /> <br />the total development. <br /> <br />Other alternative plans have been considered, one of which <br /> <br />~ may be of interest is known as the Cross Mountain Reservoir plan. <br /> <br />This would include a 263-foot high dam located on the Yampa River <br /> <br />in the Cross Mountain gorge, shown looking downstream, west of <br /> <br />4G. <br /> <br />Maybell. The top of the conservation storage pool would be at an <br /> <br />elevation of 6053 feet above sea level which would form a reservoir <br /> <br />of 44,000 acres and 3,670,000 acre-feet of capacity. Such a res- <br /> <br />ervoir would flood out the 9,000 acres of potential1:/ irri,:nble land <br /> <br />22 <br />