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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 102 Columbine Building 1845 Sherman Street Denver. Colorado 80203 M E M 0 RAN Q g M TO: Harris D. Sherman, Executive Director - Department of Natural Resources. 1845 Sherman Street - Room 231 Denver, Colorado 80203 FROM: Robert McCabe, Water Resource Specialist DATE: May 5, 1975 SUBJECT: Use of State Land For The Closed Basin Project Acquisition of land and rights-of-way for the Closed Basin Project are spelled out in the Bureau of Reclamation's report titled "Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado." The report recommends the acquisition of all lands within the water salvage area and also any lands bordering well installations that might be adversely affected. A 200 foot right-of-way will also be acquired for the conveyance channels where they lie out- side the salvage area acquisitions. Necessary lands will be acquired near San Luis Lake (800 acres of state land) for a recre- ational development and also lands for the Mishak Lakes National wildlife Refuge (1640 acres of state land) as a part of the project. The necessary land will be acquired sufficiently in advance of con- struction to insure that rights will be in possession prior to solici tation of construction bids. C ~ :: 1. ~::. The land acquisition will involve about 61,000 acres of state owned land. According to the project report these lands will be made available to the project at no cost to the federal government as Colorado's share in the cost of the project. The Rio Grande Water Conservation District is currently preparing a map showing the location and status of all state lands within the boundaries of the proposed project. As of this date no formal arrangemenmhave been made with the Land Board for the acquisition of these 61,000 acres. The majority of these state lands are currently held under graz-