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<br />-- <br /> <br />CLARENCE E. BURR <br />Willden <br /> <br />"'", <br />y:r~,_ <br /> <br />~." <br />(. ' <br />.y-,-,',,,- -', <br />."""",..,""""',.,",... <br />!II '-:;,'~;;r.. ~ <br />,~ . <br /> <br />FELiX L. SI'AHKS <br />Director <br /> <br />BENJAMIN ~, S14PLETON <br />CI\nirrni1n, Denver <br /> <br />FilE[\J;RICK V. KROEGER <br />Vir.e-ChilirmiJn. Durango <br /> <br />LAREN D. MORRI LL <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />JOHN T. BENTON <br />Rums <br /> <br />O'IINr.V C. CORNELIUS <br /> <br />Richard D. Lamrn <br />Governor <br /> <br />'H',opcr <br /> <br />JOHN R, FETCHER <br />Steamboat Springs <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT Of NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />LEE E. FORD <br />,""ontf(>58 <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />HUGH E. PICKREL <br />Rocky Ford <br /> <br />102 COLUMBINE BUILDING lB45 SHERMAN STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80203 <br /> <br />Telephone <br />303-892.3441 <br /> <br />HERBERT H. VANDEMDER <br />Sterling <br /> <br />May 2, 1975 <br /> <br />Mr. James Bradley, Regional Director <br />Southwest Region Bureau of Reclamation <br />Herring Plaza <br />Box H-4377 <br />Amarillo, Texas 79101 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Bradley: <br /> <br />The state of Colorado is currently conducting an investigation <br />of the disposition of state lands for the Closed Basin Project in <br />the San Luis Valley. The acquisition of state owned land is out- <br />lined in the Bureau of Reclamation's project report entitled <br />"Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado, 1963." <br />This report states that about 61,000 acres of state land will be <br />made available to the project at no cost to the federal government <br />and that rights-of-way for all required state land will be requested <br />by the Bureau upon authorization of the project. <br /> <br />If possible we would like to have more detailed information <br />on the proposed use of state lands in this project. More specifi- <br />cally we would like to know how the Bureau of Reclamation is plan- <br />ning to administer these state lands and how much state control <br />will be retained. We would also like to know more exactly the <br />locations of state owned land to be acquired for the project and <br />the restrictions that will be imposed upon these lands during and <br />after construction of the project, especially as pertains to agri- <br />culture. <br /> <br />Most of these state lands are currently being held under <br />grazing leases and provide a considerable source of revenue to <br />the state. We wish to avoid the loss of any more of this revenue <br />than is necessary. <br /> <br />If you need any additional information, please contact me <br /> <br />(' - -~ ~ '~: ..~, <br />J",.. .............-..it,,) <br />