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<br />001981 <br /> <br />11 <br /> Near Norrie <br /> :.t points below junc- <br /> of tion with <br /> divcrsion North Fork <br /> Month (sec-ft) (sec-ft) <br />October-March, inclusive. . . . 15 JO <br />;'pril . . . . . . . . . . . . JO 100 <br />May . . . . . . . . . . . JO 150 <br />June. . . . . . . . . . . . . . JO 200 <br />July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 100 <br />:.ugust. . . . . . . . . . JO 75 <br />September . . . . . . JO 65 " <br /> <br />The project as planned would permit no divorsions Ylhich YlOuld re- <br />duce the stream flow belovl Norrie and immeL'ately belo1T the diversion <br />system to less than the spccified minimum floITS shavrn in the table <br />above, <br /> <br />In order to naintain the spl~cificd flows the divC:I'sions from <br />Hunter Creek and Limc Crcek would be, to 81] practical purposes, <br />limited to thc months of spring snoYl mclt floodso Diversions from <br />the Fryingpan River and the North Fork of the Fryingpan PQvcr above <br />Norrie would total only 8bout 50 pcrcent of the annual runoff of these <br />streams. Of the total divcrs~on approximately 90 percent would be made <br />during thc spring flood months of May, June and JUly. rhus} for about <br />9 months of each ycar the proj'.)ct di'iersi ons would be vcry sinall. The <br />wacer supply studics show thPLt for the 9-month Imf flcyr period no <br />diversions would be made on an avcraGe of J months cach yce::r and the <br />divcrsions would bo only negligiblc for 2 ::101'13 months. During the J <br />driest ycars of record, 1931, 1934 and 1940, no diversions would have <br />bcen made for 7 months of cach yuar and only negligiblc diversions in <br />2 more months of each year. <br /> <br />It should be notcd that thc specified flolVs which arc considered <br />adequate for the preservation of fish and vnldlife represcnt the flcvlS <br />only at thc designated points. Inflow bclow thcse points '"hich would <br />increase the total flow of the river would rcmain unaffected by project <br />construction and operation, <br /> <br />RECRS,.TIO!Il:,L :.ND SCEHIC V:,LUES <br /> <br />The scenic and rccreational value of the Fryingpan Collection <br />area is described by the National Park Service in the follovnng <br />quotation of the last parcgraph on page 145 and the first trro para- <br />graphs of page 146, H.D. 187: <br /> <br />-9- <br />