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<br />003355 <br /> <br />and roads and highways in the concentrations of privately-owned <br /> <br />land. <br /> <br />The river lS free from impoundments. but eight water rights <br /> <br />allow diversions In this segment. <br /> <br />Seqment 4 is .the Dolores River from its confluenge with <br /> <br />the San Miguel River downstream to the colorado-Utah state line <br /> <br />for a length of 38 miles. <br /> <br />Land in the corridor is approximately <br /> <br />50 percent natural resources lands and 50 percent privately owned. <br /> <br />Extensive Uranium mining occurs in the upper segment, while grazlng <br /> <br />Occurs in the lower segment. <br /> <br />The river is floatable but the portion <br /> <br />from the confluence of the San Miguel River to Gateway is not often <br /> <br />floated. <br /> <br />The major intrusion is State Highway 141, ~lich parallels <br /> <br />the river for 26 miles upstream from Gateway. <br /> <br />This segment is free <br /> <br />of impoundments but contains nine legal diversions. <br /> <br />During March, a Dolores River study team consisting of <br /> <br />representatives of the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of <br /> <br />Outdoor Recreation. the Forest Service, and the Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board was formed to conduct the study and to prepare <br /> <br />the report. <br /> <br />1'he role of our staff is to share in study leadership <br /> <br />and coordinate input from other state agencles. <br /> <br />In addition, we <br /> <br />prepared the drafts of water resources and water quality sections <br /> <br />of the report. <br /> <br />other governmental organizations, including the <br /> <br />Bureau of ReclamCltion and the Southwestern Water Conservation <br /> <br />District, citizen groups, and individuals are participating in the <br /> <br />study process. <br /> <br />-9- <br />