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<br />390S <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />FRYINGPfu"",{-ARKA..~SAS PRO.TEeT, COLORADO <br /> <br />a completelv independent multiple-purpose unit tbat could be the <br />first stat'e of (l much Illrgcr project,. The comprehensive project <br />would r;quise exporh\.Lion of no rehltively large amount. of Colorado <br />River water casl.wnrd through the Coutinenlnl Divide to the Ar- <br />kllnsns Valley of Colorado, The full pot,enl.illl uses of wat.er in <br />western Colo"rado have not. heen cornplct.dy ue.t.ennined; t.bercforc, <br />only the amount of wat.er assuredly beyond t.he requirement,s for <br />dC\;c)opmellt on t.he \\'estern slope is proposed for diversion at. t.his <br />time. <br />5. Tlus report. fillll at.taehecl sullstltnt.jating report have been <br />sponsored and prepared by the Burenu of Reelamntion for the United <br />Slates Depnrtment of I.he Interior. All ngencies of the Depllrtment <br />concerned with t.he development t\nd administ.ril.tion of resources 'in <br />the project urea. have made import.ant eontribut.ions. Ot,her Fedcral <br />agencies, numerous St.ate lwd locnl governmental agencies, wRtcr dis- <br />tricts, civic organizat.ions, corporate enterprises, and private iu(li- <br />viduuls have given substant.iul nia in the development of (,be report. <br />Prelimillluy dmfts of t.llC report were furnished to the St,ates of <br />Colorado and Kllnsus, nnd to Ihe field offiees of nffect.ed 'Federal <br />~en~ies. These drafts were reviewf-~d by the t,wo St.ates auti at field <br />level bv the following ngencies: <br />Depart.ment of Agriculture: <br />Forest Service <br />Soil Conservu.t.ion Service <br />Depl1rt.ment of the Army, Corps of Engineers <br />Federal Power Commission <br />Depnrt.mp.nt. of t.he Int.erior: <br />Bureau of i\Tines I <br />Bureau of Land 1\lano,gcmcnt ,.. <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Geological Survey <br />N ntionnl Pnrk Service <br /> <br />DEscmPTION OF ARE..\. <br /> <br />6, PhysicaIJeatllres,-Two distinct areas nre involved in tho project. <br />They are sepnrated bv the Continental Divide whieh exceeds an <br />altitude of 12,000 feet. . The western slope diversion arcn" where trans- <br />nlOuntain water \'"ould he obtained. is located ill the Roaring .Fork <br />River Basin of the Colorado Ri,'er drninage. Waler would be di- <br />"~erted from tribut,llries of the Fl'yingpon River find from Hunter <br />Creek-both t.ribuhuies of the ROflring Fork. The diversion area <br />is mount.ainous and. primit.ive. It is located ,....it-hin the. hounadries <br />of the White River Nntional Forest. Ilt cle\.u.tions nhove 10,000 feet. <br />11ost. of the IOO-square mile firea is necessible only by trnils. <br />7. The eastern slope project. tl ren. extends from t.he headwn ters of <br />the Arkansas River, near Leudville, to the Colorado-Kan~as boundary. <br />The upper rcnches of t.he Arkansfis VaHey arc us rugged as the diver- <br />sion area. The Roc.k:" ~lountai\\s r~\\.ch the\l' h~ghe~t 1:'1evation nen,r <br />Leadville at Mount Elbert, 14,4;11 feet nbon s,'ll level. Close by <br />are "-Iollnt, Mnssiye, 14,41D feet, ,wel MOllnt, Hllrvnrd, 14,~99 feet.. <br />Elbert and Massive are I,he second nnd thi,.d highest pellks in the <br />cont.inental United Stutes. Originating high above timberline, the <br />Arkansas River 1I0ws south nnd ellst.-suceessively through canyons <br />