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<br />'-' <br /> <br />6~'tA'<..x, ~-A- ~". ~~ \ \ !qo <br /> <br />o <br />CJ <br />N <br />~ <br />-.J <br />U1 <br /> <br />GREAT PLAINS STATE RECREATION AREA <br /> <br />The "plains reservoirs"--Nee Gronda, Neenoshe, Neesopah and <br />Neeskah--lie between the communities of Eads and Lamar on either side of <br /> <br />U.S. 2B7, almost entirely within Kiowa County. When the lakes are full of <br />water, their surface acres total around 10,000. In the late IBOOs, a <br />complex system of canals was built to supply the lakes with water from the <br />Arkansas River. The Fort Lyon Ditch Co. and the Amity Mutual Irrigation <br />Company presently store water in the reservoirs. Water levels at the <br />lakes have historically fluctuated greatly during wet and dry climate <br />cycles; it takes an unusually wet cycle for them to capture a great deal <br />of water. <br /> <br />In the early and mid-19BOs, the area experienced a series of wet <br /> <br /> <br />years and the reservoirs filled. This turn of events made people in the <br /> <br /> <br />area aware of the reservoirs' recreation potential. In the mid-/BOs, . <br /> <br /> <br />Kiowa County took the lead and, in cooperation with a number of other <br /> <br /> <br />governmental and quasi-governmental groups, they contracted with the <br /> <br /> <br />University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to study the reservoirs' <br />. - -.. .' '. . '. ". <br />. ~ .' - - <br />r. - .~ -"!~'-' '..:. .-=-,--",. -." _ ."."' .."..-. _. " _ _ '_ . . ~ ." '._'. . <br />.>~.. ..;;-,.;: ~"';'<'~"j.~"'recreation "potentiar-'''-~-:'''',,-' ~;'.- -.''-.-. " H..... 0_' .... ::,":"''''''";'.,. <br /> <br />':~:_:':~~~:Li~~'i;::;-::i'~'Y'_:From.~iheCout~:t,:~o. o~}:s~e~s to ~ave seriously cons i dered a <br />.->,:;};~~:~.:_:,; ma~agemen~option:other than the establ ishment of a state park or <br /> <br />recreation area. Although the Division of Parks has been talking to <br />interested parties in the area from the outset, we did not take part in <br />the study--or in the production of a brochure on the proposed recreation <br />facility (see attached). <br />The study showed that the people of the area want a good recreation <br />facility, with opportunities for fishing, waters ports and hunting. The <br />study also provided a computer model that could be used to show a variety <br />