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<br /> <br />CHAPTER I <br /> <br />GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> <br />Organization <br /> <br />Pursuant to the U. S. Department of Agriculture P1emoraildum of Understanding <br />between the Soil Conservation Service, Forest Service, and Agricultural <br />Research Service dated February 2, 1956, a Field Advisory Committee, <br />Colorado River storage Project, was established. The committee is composed <br />of representatives of the abave-mentioned agencies and a representative <br />of the concerned state agricultural colleges. Principal duties of the <br />committee are to maintain appropriate liaison and to facilitate coordination <br />of activities by the -respective services and the state agriclll tural colleges <br />in the survey. Field survey relationships with the Bureau of Reclamation <br />and other interested state and Federal agencies are also a responsibility <br />of the committee. <br /> <br />A Field Party, working under the direction of the Field Advisory Committee <br />and operating within a plan of work dated August 22, 1956, was responsible <br />for the collection and analysis of data and for the preparation of this <br />report. <br /> <br />Location and Physical Features Y <br /> <br />The valley of the North Fork of the Gunnison River and adjacent mesas, <br />in which the Paonia Project is located, are situated in Delta and Gunnison <br />Counties in west-central Colorado about 50 miles southeast of the city <br />of Grand Junction. The valley begins about 7 miles above the town of <br />Paonia where the steep-walled canyon of the North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River, also known as the North Fork River, gives way to a narrow alluvial <br />floor. From this point the valley extends 21 miles southwest terminating <br />at the junction of the North Fork River with the main Gunnison River near <br />the town of Delta. At no point is the valley floor more than 3 miles wide. <br /> <br />Lands are cultivated in the valley proper and irrigated crops are grown <br />on several mesas and terraces at various elevations and on lands extending <br />along streams affluent to the North Fork River. The project lands are <br />located in two areas or divisions; (1) The Fire Mountain Division, <br />comprised of lands under the existing Fire Mountain Canal and the extension <br />of the canal, which are located in a narrow discontinuous belt extending <br />from near Somerset to about 5 miles west of Hotchkiss, including Rogers <br />Mesa, and (2) the Leroux Creek Division comprised of lands adjacent to <br />Leroux Creek above the service area of the Fire Mountain Canal, including <br />Red1ands Mesa. <br /> <br />Elevation of the totin of Paonia is 6,200 feet. <br /> <br />}j Much of the information for chapter 1 has been supplied by the Bureau <br />of Reclamation, Paonia Project Planning Report No. 4-8a.4-3, Feb. 1951. <br /> <br />- 1 - <br />