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<br />,~~'n, ,~:-;:l, <br />.q~. ...f...... - <br />'., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water from the Flint Fork would be piped to the Pine, at <br /> <br />which point both the pine and Flint Fork could be piped to the <br /> <br />first power plant. A lower diversion could pipe these flows of <br /> <br />the pine to a second power plant. <br /> <br />Neither plan, according to the Chairman of the Federal Power <br /> <br />Commission in 1969, is economical. The power-site withdrawal was <br /> <br />cancelled for Emerald Lakes but remains for Vallecito Reservoir, <br /> <br />which is covered by a First Form Reclamation Withdrawal. <br /> <br />Several water development projects were constructed on the <br /> <br />Pine. The first and major project was Vallecito Reservoir in 1941. <br /> <br />Constructed and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, this project <br /> <br />provides water to 41,141 acres of project and 9,703 acres of <br /> <br />Southern ute Indian Lands. The reservoir has an active capacity <br /> <br />of 126,300 acre-feet. The actual height of the earthfill dam is <br /> <br />162 feet. <br /> <br />Vallecito is used to provide water for irrigation. There is <br /> <br />no hydro-electric power generated. Despite its exclusively agri- <br /> <br />cultural purpose, the reservoir is the economic center of the <br /> <br />recreation-based community adjacent to it. In recent years, it <br /> <br />has been something of a fishing "hot spot;'" providing large trout <br /> <br />and northern pike primarily for Texan tourists. <br /> <br />At the headwaters of the pine are two transbasin diversions: <br /> <br />the pine River-Weminuche Pass Ditch and the Weminuche Pass Ditch. <br /> <br />These ditches divert water from the pine drainage to the Rio Grande <br /> <br />drainage. <br /> <br />The Weminuche Pass Ditch (originally the Raber Lohr) began <br /> <br />diverting water from Rincon la Vaca to weminuche Creek, tributary <br /> <br />-3- <br />