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<br />in the past. It follows that, if through the oonstruotion of the reservoir,
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<br />the maintenanoe of fish life 18 made possible in any degree, suoh improve-
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<br />ments for that purpose must be weighed against the benefits for flood oon-
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<br />trol and conservation for irrigation. It is submitted that the neoessities
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<br />for the regulation of stream flow to provide dependable water supplies and
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<br />proteot existing rights in water are so paramount that these recreational
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<br />facilities are of a negligible charaoter.
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<br />Then too, the present economy in the surrounding c~mmun1t1es
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<br />have not depended upon fishing in the Arkansas River. The wealth of the
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<br />oi tie 9, towns. and of the oommlmi ty have been crented almost entirely from
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<br />agrioultural development. Agrioulture in the area is dependent upon the
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<br />availability of water supplies for irrigation. It is inconoeivable that
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<br />the opportunity to stabilize, in a considerable degree, this agrioultural
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<br />development through this projeot should be jeopardized by the reservation
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<br />of water for recreational nnd fish life purposes, which at best would be
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<br />of a minor Bnd questionable value.
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<br />This is all aside from the fact that a fishing project at
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<br />CaddoR would tend to be. destructive in that it would create oonditions in
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<br />which exoessive silt and ultimate filling of the reservoir would ocour,
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<br />leaving a depth of water so slight ns to be harmful to the oontinuation of
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<br />fish life and destructive of the irrigation uses of the reservoir and
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<br />materially reduoing the effective life of the reservoir.
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<br />These conclusions are supported by the factual matters which
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<br />will be presented by the Chief Engineer of the Colorado ~pter Conservation
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<br />Board.
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