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<br />.., <br /> <br />0') <br />c, <br />o <br />C'J <br /> <br />YELLOW JACKEl' PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />The Yellow Jacket Project proposed as a participating project with <br />the Colorado River storage Project would provide water for irrigation, <br />municipal and industrial purposes, flood control, and improvement of <br />recreation and fishery conditions. <br /> <br />Two reservoirs would be constructed in the White River area and one <br />on Milk Creek, a tributary of the Yampa River. The Ripple Reservoir would <br />be on the upper reaches of the North Fork of White River, and the Lost <br />Park Reservoir would be on Lost Creek, a tributary of the North Fork. The <br />Lost Park Reservoir would receive part of its water by a canal from the <br />upper reaches of Williams Fork. Storage releases and excess flows of the <br />White River would be diverted by the Yellow Jacket Canal system for proj- <br />ect use. Irrigation water would serve lands in the Little Beaver Creek, <br />Flag Creek, and Josephine Basin areas near Meeker, Colorado. Municipal <br />and industrial water would be available for development of oil shale in <br />the Piceance Basin and for domestic and municipal needs in the White River <br />Valley between Buford and Rangely, Colorado. The Thornburgh Reservoir <br />would be formed by a dam on Milk Creek. Stored water would be released <br />into Milk Creek and diverted by the potential Milk Creek Canal for deliv- <br />ery to lands in the Axial Basin area. More than 98 percent of all land <br />that would be irrigated is privately owned. <br /> <br />Construction of the project would cost approximately $49 million. <br />Of this amount about $24 million would be repaid by local beneficiaries, <br />$19 million would be repaid from power revenues of the Colorado River <br />storage Project, and the remaining $6 million would be a nonreimbursable <br />allocation to recreation, fish and wildlife, and flood control. <br /> <br />Approximately $30 million of the project construction cost would <br />enter the local economy for labor, supplies, materials, and equipment. <br />Project irrigation would increase the local gross farm income by about <br />$2.4 million annually. The marketing of this produce would cause an addi- <br />tional $5 million in business activity, including $3.5 million in new <br />personal income. Municipal and industrial water would provide for co~ <br />nnmity growth and new city development to attract industry and employ- <br />ees who would be drawn to a pollution-free environment. The M&I water <br />supply would be adequate for an oil production of 250,000 barrels per day <br />from oil shale. This production would provide a livelihood for 75,000 <br />people with a personal income of $125 million annually and would increase <br />the local, state, and Federal tax revenue by $157 million annually. The <br />proj.ect would provide flood control and significant water oriented recre- <br />ational and fishery opportunities. The new recreational activity would <br />result in local expenditures of $1,500,000 annually. <br /> <br />Project sponsored by <br />YELLOW JACKEl' WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br />Meeker, Colo. <br /> <br />Officer-Directors <br />Bob Raley, President <br />Harry Coleman, Vice President <br />C. J. Wilson, Treasurer <br />Frank Cooley, Secretary-Attorney <br /> <br />Directors <br />Bill Gossard Malvin Crawford <br />Wilbur Whalen Henry Sweeney <br />John Barney Sherman Taylor <br />