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<br />CD <br />In <br />L", <br />~ <br /> <br />CHAPTER VI <br /> <br />SMALL DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />Reserves for fish conservation would be provided in the potential <br />Cement Creek and Elko Reservoirs, each of which would have an inactive <br />storage capacity of 2,000 acre-feet, Also streamflow conditions for fish <br />would be improved in several stream segments, including Cement Creek below <br />the Cement Creek Dam, East River below the mouth of Cement Creek, T~lor <br />River below T~lor Park Dam, the Gunnison River, and Tomichi Creek below <br />Elko Reservoir, The improvements in streamflows in these segments would be <br />essentially the same with the small development as with the comprehensive <br />development previously discussed, <br /> <br />With the small development irrigation would be provided for only <br />small areas of full service land that are impo~tant for winter range, <br />Thus the loss of winter range for deer and elk would be expected to be <br />negligible, <br /> <br />Fishery benefits for the small development have been estimated at <br />$129,000 annually, These estimates were made by the Bureau of Reclama- <br />tion on the basis of data supplied by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries ana <br />Wildlife for the comprehensive development, <br /> <br />Recreation <br /> <br />Recreational developments would be provided at the new project res- <br />ervoirs and at the existing T~lor Park Reservoir, Lands would be ac- <br />quired as necessary for recreation in the reservoir areas and specific <br />facilities would be provided for boating, camping, and p~cnicking, The <br />recreational development would be coordinated with the Forest Service <br />program as T~lor Park Reservoir is on forest land and Elko and Cement <br />Creek Reservoirs are on private lands within National forest boundaries. <br /> <br />Recreational benefits for the small development have been tentative- <br />ly estimated by the Bureau of Reclamation at an average of $56,200 an- <br />n ually . <br /> <br />Stream Depletion and Replacement Storage <br /> <br />The small development would deplete the flow of the Gunnison and <br />Colorado Rivers by an average of 14,600 acre-feet annually, <br /> <br />The replacement of Uncompahgre project water used by the small de- <br />velopment would require use of 2,600 acre-feet of acti ve reservoir capac- <br />ity at the Curecanti unit. <br /> <br />46 <br />