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<br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.,>"... <br />C"'A.. <br />~<: .~~,; <br />0-:1 <br />~. <br />N <br /> <br />. -..-;) <br /> <br />;1:=, <br /> <br />BEST COpy <br /> <br />P:ans for development of the potential Yellow Jacket and other <br /> <br />projects outlined in the 1957 Yampz.-White basin reconn"-:c~s"'nce re?ort <br /> <br />presented the most likely physical methods of supplying irrigation w~~cr <br /> <br />to the greate&: acreage possible. The main purpose of that reconn:'~~.8ance <br /> <br />report was to present an inventory of the land and water resources in <br /> <br />the two basin area and possible means of developing these resrouces for <br /> <br />ag:::. cultural purposes. <br /> <br />Since that time, and since initiation of detailed feasibi:ity <br /> <br />studies on the Yellow Jacket project, many new developments and ex~ression~ <br /> <br />of interest in the water resources of the area have occtlrrc(:. Para=unt <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />among these is the increasing interest in oil S~2.;.", development in .'.", <br /> <br />Piceance pasi~ and water required for this develop~cnt. Ot~~~ cha~~"g <br /> <br />con1itions include the increased emphasis on protection and develop~ent <br /> <br />of sport fishery, outdoor recreation, and wilderness arer.s. Incree.,;c <br /> <br />construction costs and the decreasing net income from the sales of <br /> <br />agricultural products have also irfluenced project plan selection. <br /> <br />Consideration of these factors during th~ 3uree':' < curr<'--': <br /> <br />detailed investigation has resulted i~ the recommen~ati0n of a difc",rc <br /> <br />plan of development for both the Yellow Jacket and ~~niper projects ::ro~ <br /> <br />thoc~ proposed in the 1957 reconnaissance report. The plans which ~aw <br /> <br />appear" most attractive from a local, state, and federal standpoir'~ woul.. <br /> <br />provide for supplying municipal and industrial wat~:. :01- .",~ shale and <br /> <br />ot""r development. :',dequate water for sport fish,,":' a",_ recreation, hydro- <br /> <br />eh':ric power gen.cration, :',C'od c::.trol and the irrigation of ap" ....,_ <br /> <br />im:' ,ely 71,400 acres of land. <br />