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<br />Montrose Daily Press-Tuesday, July 22, 1975
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<br />Recommendatiol1.s. favQrably received at meet.
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<br />ColoradoGOv.RichardLamm allthisthatwaspresenledtohim . The Uncompaligre Valley ,,-
<br />will . decide within a week to the governor then he will get Water Users Association has an
<br />wbether be approves In touch with' the bureau In option for up to 24,000 acre.feet
<br />recommendations for refor- Grand Junction as to the gover- annually from the project" but
<br />muJation of the Dallas Creek nor's reaction," Westesen said. the bureau determined how
<br />Project, Harold Westesen, presl- "He's supposed to do this within' much water the project could
<br />dent of the board of directors of a week." use, and that amount was 13,000
<br />the Tri-County Water Conser. acre.feet, Westesen stated.
<br />. vancy District, stated this mor. An Associated Press story in The reformulation recommen.
<br />I ,DIng. . connection with the meeting, dations; as approved by the Tri- .
<br />Tbe recommendations, ap- I received here this morning, in. County board and endorsed by
<br />proved by the water district dicates that "according to Sher. the Bureau of Reclamation:
<br />board _ and endorsed by the man, the purpose of Monday's -"Th-e district board
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, were meeting was to formulate recommends that a waler
<br />. presented at a meeting of water various alternatives for use of I allocation of at least 13,000 acre-
<br />district, state and federal of- the water. feet be made available from the
<br />f1cials yesterday In Denver. "Sherman said the bureau and Dallas Creek Project Ibr use on
<br />. j.. Harris Sherman, state dJree." supplemental service lands on
<br />tor of natural resources, presld- state officials are trying to 'work the existing Uncompahgre Pro.
<br />ed at the meeting, and the follow- out the proper mix' of recreation ject and an additional amount up
<br />'M others were In att<'Ddance and municipal uses ofthe water. to a total of 24,000 acre.feet be
<br />u", He said he would review the
<br />besides Westesen: alternatives and make considered if justification can be
<br />Fred Flower, member of the recommendations to the gover- made.
<br />Tri-Countyboard; Felix Sparks nor,"theAssociatedPressstory .' -"The district board
<br />and Larry Morrill, with the says. :recognizes the importance of
<br />Colorado Waler Conservation Westesen stated that Erv ,\'Creation as a purpose of the
<br />Board; Roy Romer, stale com- Zavalney is reviewing the Pl"\>ject, and because this pur-
<br />missioner of agriculture': Definite Plan Report for the pro- pose may be diminished bymov-
<br />George T. O'Malley, director ot iog to Cow .Creek or a lower sxis
<br />. the state Division of Parks and' ject, and attended the meeting in and also to avoid any further
<br />connection with that review.
<br />OutdowRecreatiojl.' Grand Junction Bureau of delay of the project"construc.
<br />Ivan Wescoat( with the state Reclamation officials were to tion, we recommend that the. Ull!' -
<br />Division of Wildlife' Erv 'take Zavalney on a tour of per or Alkali axis be selected for
<br />Zavalney, member of the Western Slope projects sites to- the Ridgway Reservoir,'
<br />Bureau of Reclamation projects day, Westesen stated. -"The district board
<br />review board, Washington recommends that service to
<br />D.C.; John Jensen, Bureau or The water district board presi' potential new lands on the west
<br />Reclamation, Salt Lake. City; dent indicated that it appeared ~ide of the Uncompahgre ~ro'
<br />J.1t. ltinckel, chief, planning that the storage capacity uf Ject by the Dallas Creek Project
<br />-.divlsion, Western Colorado Pro. . Ridgway Reservoir in the pro- . be eliminated from considera-
<br />jects Olfice, Bureau of Reclama- ject might be reduced "5,000 to tion because ollhe percentage of
<br />tion, Grand Junction: and Ed 10,000 acre.feet" as a result of publiC ownership and the
<br />Wlscombe, Bureau of Rl'Clama. the reformulation because the marginal economic justification
<br />lion. Grand Junction. bureau has determined that the of service to these lands.
<br />. . I Uncompahgre Project can use -"We are hopeful that an in.
<br />Westes~n Indicatec!h,,[ the 13,000 acre.feet of the 24,000 creased dead or inactive storage
<br />~~ate ofllc,',als at the ,meting. acre.feet to be reallocated, and pool for recreation and ad.
<br />favor~? the recommen.' additional recreation and ditionallish flows in the Uncom. .
<br />dalio!ls, but they were gOing to . fishing uses might not make up pahgre River can be justified so
<br />talk It over WIth the governor, the difference. that the full planned capacity of
<br />before they gave an Okay on it. , . Reformulation of the project 125,000 acre.feet at Ridgway
<br />"They didn't seem to have any was ordered by the Bureau of Reservoir can be justified."
<br />doubts that (the recommen- Reclamation after Gov. Lamm ... '-- ...
<br />dations) would be adopted, but objected to allocation' of 24,000
<br />. (they were) not, officially," he acre.feet per ,year to the
<br />said. Kemmerer Coal Co..
<br />"Harrls Sherman wlll present
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