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<br />4.,'- ..., <br /> <br />COLORAOO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />November 1980 <br /> <br />FRUITLAND MESA PROJECT <br /> <br />I NTRO DUCllQl:! <br /> <br />The Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy District (district) was <br /> <br />established in August, 1960, as the sponsoring and operating <br /> <br />entity for the proposed Fruitland Mesa federal reclamation <br /> <br />project. The district is located in Delta and Montrose Counties <br /> <br />and has irrigated land located within Crystal Creek and Iron <br /> <br /> <br />Creek valleys and on the Fruitland Mesa. The area Is generally <br /> <br />bordered by the Gunnison River on the south and west, Black Mesa <br /> <br />on the east, and Smith Fork on the north. <br /> <br />Th federal project was studied to feasibIlity level In 1962 <br /> <br />by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamatlon. In 1961f, the Fruitland I~esa <br /> <br />Project was authorized by Congress as a participating project of <br /> <br />the Colorado River Storage Project. A Definite Plan Report for <br /> <br />the project was finally prepared by the Bureau In 1977. However, <br /> <br />in that year the project was piaced on the Carter Adminlstra- <br /> <br />tion's "hit list". <br /> <br />Early in 1980, the dlstrict decided to have a study prepared <br /> <br />to see if a project much smaller than the originally proposed <br />