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Water Supply Protection
File Number
7630.050
Description
Wild and Scenic-Cache La Poudre River
State
CO
Date
1/1/3000
Author
N CO Water Cons Dist
Title
Wild and Scenic Rivers-Cache La Poudre River-Corres Reports etc 1985-86-Citizens Compromise Proposal-To Amend Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to Include Segments of Cache La Poudre River
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Report/Study
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In return, the Grey Mountain and Rockwell Reservoir sites would be <br />left undesignated for possible future water development. <br /> <br />In addition, H.R. 3547 recognizes that development of water storage <br />and hydroelectric power facilities below the community of Poudre Park is <br />not incompatible with designation of the Wild and Scenic River, if such <br />development is accompanied by reasonable measures to minimize impact on the <br />Wild and Scenic River. The Bill also recognizes that Highway 14 can be <br />relocated to provide for access around the water storage and power <br />facilities as necessary to reach the Wild and Scenic River. <br /> <br />A permit for study of the Poudre Water and Power Project has been <br />granted to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District by the Federal <br />Energy Regulatory Commission. The Poudre Project involves the Grey <br />Mountain Reservoir site, which will form a reservoir body just below the <br />Wild and Scenic River, downstream from the community of poudre Park. A <br />forebay to the Grey Mountain Reservoir will be located on Grey Rocks Peak. <br />The Glade Reservoir, an off-channel feature along the hogback north of <br />Highway 14, will fill by means of a diversion from the Grey Mountain <br />Reservoir (See pictures in Appendix B). In combination, these reservoirs <br />will provide adequate storage capacity for the Poudre Basin's water supply <br />future. From the standpoint of water conservation, power production, <br />recreation and preservation of environmental values, the combination of a <br />seventy-five mile stretch of Wild and Scenic River and the Poudre Project <br />below will serve the citizens of Northeastern Colorado far into the <br />future. <br /> <br />Conclusion <br /> <br />Last year Representative Brown proposed a Poudre Wild and Scenic River <br />Bill which would have preserved the possibility of building a number of <br />reservoirs upstream of Poudre Park. (See pictures in Appendix B.) The <br />water users thought this was necessary in order to preserve Northeastern <br />Colorado's water supply and energy needs for the future. But constructing <br />reservoirs at the Idylwilde and Indian Meadows sites would have disrupted a <br />Wild and Scenic River with significant deletions. Environmental interests <br />were extremely concerned about this. A stalemate occurred and that Bill <br />died in committee. <br /> <br />Breaking the stalemate involved water users agreeing to legislative <br />language which would designate the Idylwilde and Indian Meadows sites as <br />Wild and Scenic. rendering those projects unbuildable. Accordingly, <br />seventy-five miles out of eight-three total miles of the Poudre River can <br />now be included in the Wild and Scenic Rivers system. In return, <br />environmentalists have recognized that the Wild and Scenic River can <br />co-exist with water and power development on the Poudre below Poudre Park <br />and that the Rockwell Reservoir site on the South Fork of the Poudre River <br />can also be set aside for future water supply. <br /> <br />0927 <br /> <br />-5- <br />
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