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. -'I PRELIMINARY -,'-, , . July 1976 o .:=0 N ....; SUMMARY SHEETS Savery-Pot Hook Project LOCATION The Savery-Pot Hook Project is located in southern Wyoming and north- western Colorado in the Little Sanke River Basin of the Upper Coloardo River Basin. PURPOSE Unused flows of Savery Creek in Wyoming and Slater Creek in Colorado would be developed for irrigation, recreation,' and fish a~d wildlife uses. Willow Creek water would be made available, by exchange, to lands above Pot Hook Canal. Flood control would also be provided. STATUS The Savery-Pot Hook Project was authorized for construction September 2, 1964 (Public Law 88-568) as a participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956 (Public Law 84-485). A de- finite plan report was completed in June 1971 and revised in January 1972. A draft environmental statement was" released and filed with the Council on Environmental Quality in August 1972. Because of changes in the plan, costs, and benefits the draft environmental statement and the definite plan report are being revised with the statement scheduled for completion in October 1976 and the report in June 1977. The final environmental statement is scheduled for completion in June 1977. Negotiations with the Little Snake River Water Conservancy District and the Pot Hook Water Conservancy District on the project repayment contract are nearing completion. The design of Moffat County Roads Nos. 1 and 2, to be relocated around Pot Hook Reservoir, is nearing completion by Moffat County. An archaeological survey for the project area will be completed in 1976. Aerial topography of the project area is nearly completed. Design drilling of Pot Hook Dam site is nearly completed and drilling at the Sandstone site is under way. The FY 1976 Public Works Appropriation Act included $1,474,000 for ~ 1976 and $350,000 for the transition quarter to begin construction of the pro- ject. The president's budget for FY 1977 includes $1,200,000 to continue construction. Negotiations are currently underway with Colorado and Wyoming, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the conservancy districts concerning additional fish and wildlife mitigation measures. Because there has been some ongoing con- troversy between Wyoming project water users and State wildlife elements over the nature and degree of the mitigation measures to be undertaken in ,(