WSP05232

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence - Federal Agencies - BOR - Lower Missouri Region - Denver
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 10/1/1974
• Author: Upper South Platte U
• Title: Steering Committee Report - Upper South Platte Unit - Colorado - August 1974
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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with proper management could develop considerably. As meI).tioned above,

more control and management could result in substantial increases in the

wild life popula tion. . . .

" The area includes mule deer which inhabit the entire area. A good

sized herd of elk appear to be migrating southward from Kennedy Gulch in

recent years. A small but significant herd of bighorn sheep are inhabiting

the canyon area below the town of South Platte. A considerable number of

wild turkeys from below the town of South Platte to above the Deckers

area and appear to be on the increase. In addition, blue grouse, cotton-

tails and snowshoe hares inhabit the area. The proposed reservoir would

provide little value to waterfowl providing only incidental resting habitant

since the fluctuating level would not provide any foil age along the bank. '

"The areas that would be most heaVily affected by the prospects of

water development from the standpoint of historical resources would be the

West Plum Creek site and the Ferndale site. The Two Forks site would

also have a significant effect on extant historic resources, but compara-

site frequency. . . .

tively speaking, represents a somewhat lesser loss in terms of historic

"The region chosen for the inventory and evaluation of historical re-

sources is a roughly eliptically bounded area drawn tightly around the pro-

posed sites for the alternative project areas for dams to provide M & I

water to Denver. Historical sites typically are affected by projects that

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are in physical proximity of sufficient geographical closeness as to be
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