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<br />, <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER COI~SERVATION BOARD MEETING <br />~lAY L 1975 <br /> <br />DALLAS CREEK PROJECT <br />SLIDE PRESE;nATION <br /> <br />IN JULY 1960J AT THE REQUEST OF THE TRI-COUNTY <br />\1ATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF COLORADOJ THE <br />bUREAU OF I~ECLAt~ATIOrl INITIATED FEASIBILITY IfJVESTIGATIONS FOR <br />A PROPOSED WATER CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS TnE DALLAS <br />CREEl< PROJECT. EARLIER RECONNAISSAIlCE INVESTIGATIONS HAD <br />ALREADY INDICATED THAT A PROJECT COULD BE EFFECTIVELY DEVELOPED <br />FOR THE AREA. rl~E FEASIBILITY REPORT WAS CONPLETED AND PRINTED <br />Ii~ ['jAY OF B66. CONGRESS REACTED FAVORABLY TO THE REPORT AND <br />THE PROJECT WAS AUTHORIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION ON SEPTEMBER 30J <br />1joB AS PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN ACT AND AS A PARTICI- <br />PATING PROJECT u;mER THE COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT ACT OF <br />APRIL llJ 1956. <br />A DRAFT OF THE DEF I N IrE PLAN REPORT AND Ti~E DRAFT [NYI RON- <br />t1ENTAL STATEt1Ern HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ARE I N THE REVI:::W <br />PROCESS. <br />(1) As A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECTJ LET US LOOK <br />AT THE AREA AS IT NOW IS. <br />(2) THE AFFECTED AREA IS LOCATED III WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO <br />SOUTII OF GRAND JUNCTION IN THE UNCOr1PAHGRE RIVER BASIN. THE <br />BASIN IS BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY THE GUNNISON RIVERJ ON THE <br />SOUTH BY TilE SAN JUAN l'loUNT Al NSJ ON THE WEST BY THE UNCOMPAHGRE <br />PLATEAUJ AND ON THE EAST BY CIMARRON RIDGE AND THE 3LACK CANYON <br />UPLI FT . <br />