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<br />. <br /> <br />. .~ " ~, <br />,iili..: <br /> <br />IN'rRODUCTION <br /> <br />service to lands in the Thompson Creek. Three Mile Creek. and Four Mile <br />Creek areas and of expanding the Bluestone project to include additional <br />water for lands in the Bluestone Ditch and Parachute Creek areas. <br /> <br />Wnile the Basalt and Bluestone projects appear to present the most <br />favoreble potentialities for the use of Ruedi Reservoir water on the <br />western slope, studies of these projects are not meant to preclude con- <br />sideration of other possibilities for utilizing the water. Some western <br />slope storage needs will be supplied from the existing Green !Jiountain <br />Reservoir of the Colorado-Big Thompson project by agreements to be made <br />under the provisions of Senate Document No. 80, 75th Congress, 1937. The <br />ultimate assignment of Ruedi and Green Mountain Reservoir water to western <br />slope projects will require an extensive coordination of water uses and <br />water rights that is beyond the scope of the present studies. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Only project effects on irrigation are appraised in the accompanying <br />report on the Basalt project and only effects on irrigation and power in <br />the report on the Bluestone project. Effects in other fields such as <br />recreation', fish and Wildlife. and flood control will be considered in <br />future studies made in greater detail. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and <br />Wildlife in a memorandum dated December 1962, a copy of Which is appended <br />at the end of this volume, discusses aspects of the projects to which <br />that agency will give further consideration during the course of future <br />feasibility studies. <br /> <br />Hater conservation agencies in Colorado ha.ve encouraged the investi- <br />gations covered by this report and have been most helpful in the prose- <br />cution of the work. The Colorado Hater Conservation Board contributed <br />$15,000 to the Bureau of Reclamation in order to have studies started in <br />Fiscal Year 1961. The board also contributed funds to the U. S. Geologi- <br />cal Survey for the installation of three gaging stations on potential <br />project streams. The Colorado River Water Conservation District assisted <br />in the investigations and made water filings required for the projects. <br />The district also obtained advance topographic sheets of project areas <br />from the U. S. Geological Survey which were useful in project studies. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />