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<br />OOJu77 <br /> <br />What is Curecanti National Recreation Area? <br /> <br />And what is this study all about? <br /> <br />Origin ofCurecanti :'\RA <br /> <br />Ih.... \X'ayne:-';. :\~rin31J UI\lI. forrntorly known <br />as tho: Cur....canti Uillt. wa, Juthnrlled by lh~' <br />Colurado RJn~r \rnr.lgc Project Ad ,,{ 1<.j'ill,:I' <br />amended. TIle .~cllmtla{cJ {h~' c'lmrn'hl"n- <br />'I\'C dt,vdnpmcnl of watef fl'sourCI:' n.lhe <br />Uppcr ClIlllraJo Rin'r BJ"ln. The pUrp.ht.... <br />..ftht' .\':1 Indud.... regulating th.... tlow ,,( the <br />Colorado Rjv<.'r;cnntn,lIing tJ"ods; irnprot.. <br />Ing navIgation; sluringand Jdlwnng wakr <br />f'll rl'c1arnaflon 01 land ;illd uther bcndiclaJ <br />purposes; improving water yuahl)'~ rnl\'IJing <br />1"T puhlic reu':.'!!lon; lmrrovmgcundmolls <br />fOT Ii~h and w!lJhlle'"; ;lOd gt'ncralwn and salt' <br />ofc],xtncalpowcT. <br /> <br />The :\~rmall Lnit IS arrnlximald~ ~"mile.. <br />long, and include, Blue \k!.a Dam (o'm- <br />pldeJ 10 l'lh')), P\lwl-rplant,anJ R~~Iv"lr, <br />\I"rnm I'mnl Dam (cnmrldl'J In 1<l0N), <br />rtlWcrpl.ml,anJ R~st'r\'{llr;and CrY~(31 !).lm <br />(u-,rnplcreJ In 1'l7"), Powerrlanl,anJ Rewr- <br />l'Olr; all on th~ Gunni~"n RIWI Thl'LOIleJ <br />Sial"" Bun::1U ul Rl'd:tmallon (BOR) ha" <br />tW~f3l1 re'I"'ln,ibiIIlY for Ih~ pml"'!. Jnd "p- <br />crall'" JnJ mamlain!> lh~ dam" rowcrrlant', <br />anJ rdat.'J faClhllt-,,_ SlOce 19n, W",tan An'a <br />Power Admini"lration h:L,orcrarcJ and main- <br />lalfl~J lh~ power tr:m"ml"SI,ln '~'''lcm ,mJ has <br />markd,'J tht. power g~n.-ra[l'd at [he \\'ayne <br />N Aspinall Unll. <br /> <br />In 1'11,,_ the S:lllonal Park "en-in: (!\iPS) <br />l'ntl'fl.J mto an agreement \Ilth BOR 10 con- <br />"ruel Jnd mana;';~ rc<:realJonal la(11J11e~and <br />10 mana~.' nalUral.lnJ ..-u]rural n...ource, and <br />recreaUon on ;mJ aJlacent 10 thl' r."1>~n....;rs. <br />The area rlll'n bcc3me knO....11 a~ CureClf\U <br />S.ltu>n31 R...t.:n:atlun ,\n'aor SRA The NRA <br />h currently lJcnllfi.',j by an admlnl"rra!l\'e <br />l'><lundary thar ha" not heen ..."tahlished hy <br />Iq?,I,lalllln. <br /> <br /> <br />....piMro BalJn on Blow M~ A,,~rvo" <br /> <br />2 Newsletter l. (urecanti Resource Prot{'(tlon Study <br />