WSP04766

• File Number: 8220.122.E
• Description: Paonia Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 5/1/1957
• Author: USDDOI Bureau of Rec
• Title: Paonia Project Colorado Definite Plan Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Definite Plan Report

CONTENTS (Continued)

National Park Service (Continued)

Project report of March 1949 (continued)
General description of the area . . . . . .
Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purpose and operation of reservoir
Physical characteristics . . . . . . . .
Climate ........... .. .
Historical and archeological investigations ... . . . . . .
Present recreational evaluation . . . . . .
Types of recreation for which area is suitable.
Factors influencing recreational development .. ......
Region served, population . . . . .. .....
Related a.reas ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
Estimate of recreational need and use ... . ..
Recommended recreational development . . . . .. .....
Recommended land acquisition .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .
Estimated cost of development . . ...
Recreational values . . . . . . . . . .. .. ,...... ,.
Recommended agency for administration . . . . . . . . . . .
Recommended further study and planning . . .

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Fish and Wildlife Service
Report to be supplied

Bureau of Mines

StUl1.'11ary .. ...................
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Location and physical features
Land ownership . . . . . . . . . . . .
Project :plan . . . . . .. ................
Geology . . . . . . . . ... .
Mesaverde formation. . . . . .
Rollins sandstone .....
Lower coal member . . . . .
upper coal member . . . . . . . . .
Barren member .. .....
Mineral resources ... . .
Significance of the coal resource
Conclusions.. . ... .................
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Corps of Engineers

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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Leo E. Dunham Jr., Acting District Engineer,
Los Angeles District, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; to E. O. Larson,
Regional Director, Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation.

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