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<br />3, FilJh~, " j'''''',urc'' - 'I'here is presently a limited fishery
<br />1i.1 ~a.r and 'rul~h:e3r (>n:cl..~~ bec~use of seasonal lev flovs due to irrigat.ion
<br />diversions. It is p,'..,:;:c;.!d thnt the State of Colorado stock Bear Creek
<br />1ill,e "-1th trout., thH: 'o:",;-?U"IS a managed, cold-vater fishery.
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<br />'later quality 10 {;<:ll"rolly I';ood i~ Benr Crcek. Some "ateI' contllct
<br />recreatIon currenLJy i:.:J.~:eu place upDt.rl~tun llctween Evergreen nno Morri son.
<br />'rhi5 is a [iood iod1c,,-;;J.ou thac the propo3ed Benr Creek Lake cDuld accommodate \
<br />"l\ter contact recreattulI, uuch a9 s"inunlnp; Md "ateI' skling. Hovever, the ^ I
<br />:le"""e treatment plan>.n upstream, whi ch empty into Bel\r Creek neur 1
<br />EvCI'p:re"n and Horriso;'\, ml\Y have adverse effects on water quali ty once lj'~', '
<br />\later is i"'pow"l~d. "'",,'Inl( t.he ini tir\l phnses of proJect conntruction,
<br />"vn.lul.\tio;'\ of " 11'.'1;,'" '''f..H.rn'ing ayntem "ill be undertaken. This system',V
<br />\oRould d'.:-tcrl'.dn~ l.~~"Jt.;:U~:J. J.\'.~a.~HJ.'es to be taken if current. W'B.Ste treatment '\ .y.
<br />to Ho-i~ ~.j~q1U5.te to P'::J..],'."!; ,.t;ntinuril va.ter contact recreation in Bear Creek . If'
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<br />1. 10'1(.,:.:, ,,,,,;,,'01 Implementation of the project "Would
<br />I;alt a~l cm-,.e,,::, ","c.: ,;;. 1';':'1''' than 3,000 acres of land. Thus.
<br />'~ettl" and OJ..::." gr"::',~f';, ntining. residential, small businesses
<br />and fanna lIould b" "HIJin"',,ecl. 'I'llese are the major uses of the land
<br />at pres~:1t 511d peopl<: t'lut depended on these uses "Would face relocation
<br />or 6J1 end of th(;!1r CUj~rtnt operations.
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<br />Apll,'{,dc""t~Jy ~,' i/2 miles of mou.ntain stream (portions of
<br />Goth BEa,' ~n.t .'l'u,r.:c:; ::c.x',,") "auld be lost to the proj"c't through
<br />":"l'eo.t.1 Ol"l of n j.o.!aer.....i(:IT. Although these streams are not pristine
<br />ti11:; flU' .iovnstreruu t.l!r;,:l could, under less profound disturbances,
<br />f~:t'i'..di.'alJ.y l"~tll-l'l to ~ :1~1"{' n:::.tilrnl state. Upon project implementation
<br />oJ. }"ke ';GI"l<l 10," Cl:""',~,,,,,j a~ the confluence of the tvo creeks, makin~
<br />,",Yen cllal r"~;nn to H tl~I;:.l,:l'lI.l state a,ui te unlikely.
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<br />f\s a. &treUiIl, Bcd.l~'J.:::nt ill Bear Creek is not significant because
<br />",f its l'elativ"ly l(N scJ~",(;nt load and its swift-floving character.
<br />1Tolrfever, this: "trou.le c}~;u;~.~ llith impoundment because sediment from shoreline
<br />I'J:'O"'; Qil .ould be llilo'"",-J to settle out. thus helping to fill in the newly-
<br />ereateo. reservoir. 1" a,idition the rate of eutrophication could increase d
<br />Lo conflict \:"1t.h ~1oi;.,..t;[1'..'.J(13~d recreation uses because of nutrients being 1
<br />dt4li.ped lnt.o Bee,l' Crcd:. 111e tvo sewage treatment plants ups trellJD from I
<br />the project ,aite, CJ, "" il "'-s shoreline erosion, would contribute phosphates, :,
<br />Ilitrates r.nd orfl..,nl(' ..",';'Oll compounds wnong other essential elements Ii
<br />end cOlOpowldi>. Sedil.<<""t r,ccUlJ\ulation would also prDvide a substrate in
<br />"hich rooted "'l,,&tic plante would grov.
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<br />Several relocnti.'..nu "ould be involved should the project be
<br />JIlr"lc,uentcd. Thcs" i""1:,,::',,, th" relocB.tion of Morrison Road (U.S.
<br />Jlir:hv"'Y 285), reloce.tj "" "r p.lectrical lines. telephone lines, a
<br />f;l).!J Lll'llil ond ~t!'vcrIl1 t::-.i.,'1 '~'''.t.1 on cnna.ls. There are several pr1 vate
<br />residences, flUlIlDte/l.d.,' ..,::ld .1. Tl'uHiple-uni t mobile home court wi thin
<br />the project. b()undery, 'J:h :~" "ould be remDved.
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