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<br />40G9 <br /> <br />RUEDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, COLO. <br /> <br />61 <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />Operation of Ruedi ReselT"ir as pla.nned will reduce and stnhili;. <br />the streamflow of Fryingpan River downstream from the dam. The <br />more uniform ye;lI'-round flows will improve fish httbit.at a~)(l provide <br />better conditions for fishino' in the. enrly months of thH fislung season. <br />However1 ~ood aquat.ic lu~Lit.at and heavy fishing pressure ah"eady <br />exist. On this reach, anrl we predict. only tlbotlt a .J-percent inCl'e,lSe in <br />Yalue wit.h the project. This results in fixerage annllal figm'e of <br />sportsmen's expenditllres for t.he next 50 yellrs of about $142,000. <br />The project will destroy a ,-mile reach of beautiful, high qu,dit)", <br />heavily llsed trout stream fisherv; C-l'eate n fair-si7.ed, r{~sel'\'oir fishery: <br />alld incrense the flverage nnnll~il valne of t.he downstream tishel:'y~ <br />Without-the-projert sportsmen's expenditnres will totnl abont $195,- <br />ono llnuulIy. 'Vith-the~project. sportsmen's expendit.ures under' the <br />sponsor's pIa" will amount. to ahout, $3G7.000 annll:1I1)". Total helle- <br />fits to thE' fishery in tel'ms of an increase in spol'tsmen~s expe-nditures <br />will nmollnt t.o about $172,000 annually with the project. <br />The effects of Rnedi Resen'oil" on big game and upland g-ame 'Will <br />be insignificant.. Howeyer, the inUllcl:ttlOll of t.hree small pl'i\'ate <br />lakes and their adjacent wetlands 'Will eliminate populntioHs of water- <br />fowl and aquatic fur anim,als w'hic.h are at. least of local impm'f.nJJl'e. <br />The marshes provide habitat for mm:krats and nesting wflU~dowl, t,he <br />product.ioll of whid, will he much ]e~s with a fllH.'.tuatil1g resen'oil'. A <br />fut,llre definite plan report, should g-ive consideration to the possibilit.y <br />of a snbimpoundment on Rue,]i und/or Bagley Creeks for fish and <br />wildlife conserva.t.ion, or waterfowl improvements arollnd ~fisso\lri <br />Heights Reservoir 18 miles northwest of the project area. <br />'-hun.... C. G:\TI.IN. <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />I,' <br />'I. <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t. <br />. <br />/, <br /> <br />I.'.,' <br />~\l <br />~ I <br />I ~. <br />I <br /> <br />"'J <br />.~. <br /> <br />~". <br />.';'. <br /> <br />, , <br />ii; ;.,' <br />~'If~': ~ <br />:;,'.. <br />