WSP02415

• File Number: 8220.114.E
• Description: Dolores Participating Project
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 4/1/1977
• Author: USDOI-BOR
• Title: Definite Plan Report - Dolores Project-Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Definite Plan Report

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

CONTENTS (Continued)

Recreation and fish and wildlife (continued)
Recreation (continued)
McPhee Reservoir. . . . .
Monument Creek Reservoir.
Dolores River . . . . . .
White-water boating. .
Recreation facilities.
Recreation benefits
Fish and wildlife. . . .
Fisheries . . . . . .
Project reservoirs
Dolores River below McPhee Dam
Existing reservoirs and associated
streams. . . . .
Fish stocking. . . . . . .
Wildlife developments . . . .
McPhee Wildlife Management Areas
Monument Creek Wildlife Management Area.
Dawson Draw Reservoir and Wildlife Manage-
ment Area. . .' ......
Project canals . . . . . . . . . .
Reserve allocation for fish and wildlife
development. . .
Fish and wildlife benefits.
Other project effects
Flood control. . . .
Area redevelopment .
MineraI development.
Public health. . . .
Environmental analysis.
Environmental impac ts..
Air quality and noise levels.
Water resources
Water quality
Fisheries . .
Wildlife. . .
Threatened or endangered species.
Scenery . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Historical and archaeological sites
Economic and social conditions.
Recreation. . . . . . . . . . .
Unavoidable adverse effects. . . .
Short- and long-term environmental uses.
Short-term gains compared to long-term
losses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short-term losses compared to long-term

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Relationships between project development and
future options for resource development 124
Irreversible and irretrievable commitment of

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