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<br />001002 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Yiostern Air Lines pro-lidos o.ir trCtnsport.oction Clt Scot",sbluff on <br />:1. Cho:.,r8nnc-T~-Jin City route \"lhe:':"B connGctions Ure c~v8.ilc..blc to trc.ns_ <br />continentc.l lines. <br /> <br />The ?lc.tto Vc.lley TolepJ._one GC'11pcny serves most of the "re". <br />The noosevelt POHer District Ilnd the Vlyrc:lec Pc'"er Dj.stric'c provide <br />rurc.1 e lectrj.c se rvice. Urb::.n e l~'ctricc,l service is provided by the <br />ConsliElers Pl~blic PO\"ler D:strict~ Hydroelectric pOYlor ;ener['_tcc. in <br />EurG~.t~ pl~J1tG is uced by these distributing u;soncics. <br /> <br />The Gering t... Ft. L~rc.mio Irrit.::-~ti on District is trr.vo:'sed b~T <br />Ne')r"sk" St"te Highw,,"' 1100 86 from east to 1"Iest4 COlmty ro"ds rr,ccke <br />c.cccSS tL' tile S-SC.tB hig:mny cc"s;y-, r:.nd thence to 10co..l r:.::.il points <br />c.nd I1lc.,'kets. D,. S. Higlmay lio. 26 lies on the north side of tr.8 river, <br /> <br />Lc.nd Uses <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Innds iI!L,ledio.tel~r adjc.cent to the Gi to oi' the potm:tiul <br />BrC'~zj.01 Rcsorvoir D.re nOVJ under irri~c.tion. Tho~c in NGbrc...skCl. i..l!"C in <br />the Gering & Ft. L'wo.,"ie Irrigr.tion District 1"Ihilo those in Y'yomilOg <br />[.1'0 in the Gos,1en :::rrigc.tion District, Both iistricts :Ire served by <br />th0 Ft. L:'lro.r,de C~.nc.l. In 1946 tne Goshen Irrigo.tion Di.strict irri- <br />gc,tecl ..6,046 c.cres ",hUo tho Gering & Ft, u'.ral".io Ir,.igction Distriot <br />irrifF.ted 51,982 ::tcres, Tho fClrms ho,-/o reachod " hiGh sto.te of <br />dcvclopmGr!t during the 30 yoars t~c..t Tmtc:r hn8 bocn o.vnil:::'-:Jle" Tho <br />farm tU1its r[',nge from 20 to 160 o.creG in Bi.l>c. Crops ['.re lr.rccly rO\'! <br />crops such r'l.G s"C.F;nr beets, ~Joo.nsJ and pote..tocs. Alf:..11fC'. a.nd [;ro.ins <br />D.ro :t.'l.iscd to somo cxtC!lt. Arer.s vJithin the district~ th~t are not <br />farmed a.re used for br('~z~_ng; purt:osQs. <br /> <br />Irrigc.tion <br /> <br />The Ft. L"ramie Cc,no.1 obtains \"Io.ter from the North Plc.tte Hi ver <br />c.t tIle ':Ihc.len Diversion Dam. The \"later di -,erted is f'"rtly n"turC\1 <br />flo\'1 c\Jld po.rtly storage water from Pc.thfinder Q.nd Guernoey reoer'TOirs <br />\";hich \"Iere constructed in connection \"Iith the ilorth Flc.tte Projoct, <br />As tll'3 two districts developed, it '."1':'.8 necess8.ry to construct dro.ins <br />to relieve seep~..ge condi tionsf"J N::::.tur:::..l dr;{ YJ::,.si1es c..nd creeks 1:.'ere <br />often "lterod to serve f\S drains, Dry Creek, on \"Ihioh the Bl'c.ziel site <br />is locC',tsd, is one 811Ch stream that -,..1['.8 cOr1yerted into C!. draino <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-;.'-n1en the i rri~ntion demc...nd is lessened, as the resu.lt of rains <br />falling on the project, it is O10W impossible to eo,ve ':..ater in the <br />co.n::-.l that hr,s 1;:.16en diverted tD meet the o::'iginul dem8...1"1d, n.s it <br />~lormo.lly t::'.kes \JD.ter five dll~'S to tre:.vel from the 1~.'h..'l1'3n diversion <br />to the lower 8!1d of the project. I!1 such co-ses the ':Jr:eer is now <br />Hasted from the Ft. LC\ro.rnie Cccnrc1 bc.ck to the river through strc.te_ <br />gicc.l1y !?l~ced llC'sterJ~'.Ys emptying into cll'Qinse Since 1933 thc.t rms-ce <br />blS 8.pproxim:1ted 6,2'')0 :lore-feet f':'C'.ch year., The 'rJr..ste is nl~:Jo.ys <br />grec..test in ~/-eo.rs of Good wc:b~:~ supply c..nd lel."'.st in ;te:J..rs of restricted <br />su?pl:'. r;i th an offstrec.m sto~~8.ge reservoir in opert.tion at the <br />Br~zie1 site during 1933 throu;h 1946 ar, estim~tec ~veraG9 Df 4,900 <br />f\('.re-.t't;~i~ ("\"1-- ""J:"!..s1':&(1.-.1l'u'~0-:''J C'0n~.,1 h.l""'C""':' .b-..""~ Sf'....:I":r! ~~T1l.lally. <br /> <br />7 <br />