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<br />'0 J 1195 ~ <br /> <br />extends one quarter of a mile on each bank, is 93 percent public. <br /> <br />Present land uses are grazing, hunting, and fishing. TI1e principal <br /> <br />intrusion is state. Highway 145, which parallels the lower 8!, miles <br /> <br />of river. <br /> <br />TI1is segment is free of impoundments, and no wa~er rights <br /> <br />allow diversions from this segment. <br /> <br />Segment 2 is the West Dolores from its source downstream <br /> <br />to its confluence with the main Dolores and is 35 miles long. <br /> <br />Land <br /> <br />in the corridor is 66 percent national forest and 34 percent private. <br /> <br />Principal land use is grazing and recreation. <br /> <br />Recreational uses <br /> <br />include hunting and fishing but do not include boating or floating. <br /> <br />The river corridor is free from commercial development but a forest <br /> <br />service road parallels .the lower 27 miles of river. <br /> <br />This segment <br /> <br />is free from major impoundments; however, a total of 12 water <br /> <br />rights allow diversions in this segment. <br /> <br />Segment 3 is the Dolores River from a short distance below <br /> <br />the proposed McPhee dam site downstream to one mile above the Bedrock <br /> <br />bridge, a distance of 107 miles. Most of the land in the ~orridoris <br /> <br />national forest or natural resources lands. <br /> <br />Concentrations of <br /> <br />privately-owned land exist in the short segments 11 miles below the <br /> <br />McPhee dam site, the .Slick Rock area, and through Little Gypsum <br /> <br />Valley. <br /> <br />Principal land uses are uranium mining and prospecting, <br /> <br />grazlng, and recreation. <br /> <br />Substantial river floating occurs through- <br /> <br />out the segment. <br /> <br />Significant intrusions include the DOve Creek <br /> <br />pumping plant, a Union Carbide concentration mill near Slick Rock, <br /> <br />-8- <br />