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<br />o <br />c) <br />N <br />W <br />00 <br />o <br /> <br />times of release of water from Granby Reservoir to acccnplish these <br /> <br />purposes sh:til be ID8Ce by the Secretary of the Interiors whose findings <br /> <br />sha.ll be finaL" <br /> <br />3" The purpose of this report is to furnish information relating <br /> <br />to the recrea.tiona.1 use and wa.ter requirements of the Colorado River <br /> <br />fishery below Granby Dam,\) which will a.ssist the Secretary of the Interior <br /> <br />in making the determinations referred to above" The Service wishes to <br /> <br />acknowledge the helpful cooperation of the Colorado Game and Fish <br /> <br />Conrn..l.ssion in obtaining this informationo <br /> <br />4" It should be borne in mind that, basicallYj Senate Document No" 80 <br /> <br />represents the results of agreements made in good faith bet'W6en people of <br /> <br />the Western Slope (Colorado Basin) from which water would be taken sway and <br /> <br />the people of .the Eastern Slope (South Platte Basin) which is to receive the <br /> <br />diverted wa.tern It contains stipulations for the protection of rights and <br /> <br />interests dependent upon the Colorado River in Colorado.. <br /> <br />50 This protection of Western Slope interests and rights is in accord <br /> <br />ivith the policy of the state of Color~do with regflrd to allocation of waters <br /> <br />within the StAte" This policy was stated by Clifford Ho Stone9 Director, <br /> <br />Colorado h'ater Conservation Bo~rdj before the Sen~.te Subcommittee on <br /> <br />Appropriations 1947" He salds "No water shall be exported from the natural <br /> <br />Basin of the Colorado River without protection of the present and potential <br /> <br />users of water wi thin the Basin,," <br /> <br />B 0 DESCRIPTION OF TH& .AREA. <br /> <br />60 General Location" The Colorado River origim,tes in Middle Park in <br /> <br />north~central Colorado 0 Middle Park.., a basin~like area lying at the foot <br /> <br />of a greRt eastvTard bulge in the Continental Divide is surrounded by rugged <br /> <br />peaks whose summits rise 3,000 to 6~ooo feet ~bove the basin floor and reach <br /> <br />-2= <br /> <br />.,; ~':' '.'. . . ::r <br />