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<br />-7ffiTZ - <br /> <br />64 <br /> <br />RUED[ DAM AND RESER\"OIR, COLO. <br /> <br />This rese-f\'oir would inundate the Rocky Fork campground oper- <br />ated by the U.S. Forest Service near the site of the Ruedi Dam. The <br />resen.~)ir will have no foresee<lble. adverse effect upon any national, <br />State, or local park.. . . <br />The Frying-pan w~ltel'shed IS O}le of t.he few remammg .uatll~'al are.as <br />ill tl,e Colorado Rocky 1\Ionnt.Hlll regIOn. except. those 1Il wilderlless <br />areas or national parks, which have. not. been ilwuded by ronds, milles, <br />and other int.rusions. The Fl'yingpan Ri\'er itself represents Ull llJ1- <br />disturbed fishing stre,lJll-fl. 1'{~50UrCe that is fast. disappearing. C~n- <br />st.ructioll of the dllllJ powerpJnnt, work roads, borrow arens~ clenl'lTIg <br />and other ~lctivit.jes C'oJlJl(~cted with the proposed Ill'oject woulll elimi- <br />wlte llIlt.llml qwdities of t,he. valley b;v the cre,ltion of construction <br />sell's. <br />The relrion has histol'i(;al significance from the standpoint. of gold- <br />rl1sh and~silver-milling (lays. No definite hi~t()l'ical sites are known <br />to ae.t.unlly exi~t in the. reservoir site, nlthough it is possible that re- <br />:::earC'_h wo~dd disclose features of importance. <br />Pl'eJiminary information oota.incd from t,he Bureau of SpOIt, Fish- <br />eries find 'Vildlife indicates th:lt J!s]liJlg activit:y in t.}1fl rcsQL'\'oir and <br />downstream from tile dalIl to its conflncll(;e with Roaring Fork River <br />is likely to be greater thf111 presenl LISe of t.he Same portion of the l'j'-er. <br />It. appears reasonahle to nssnme that considernble recreation activity <br />can be expec.ted if operatio1l of the reservoir is snch as to maintain an <br />adequate ,,,.ater surface <In(l a rnther stable clevnt.ion dlll.jug slimmer <br />months. These uses will probahly illclude picnicking, boating, fishing, <br />hikin/!l nlld camping. Swimming n.lld 'rater skiing ,dJJ not. be pOpll- <br />Inrl as water ahove 7,;)00 feet is u51lRlly coot <br />Them may be n fllt.lll"e demand :for seasonal cahin sites. llowever. <br />this type of ac.tivit.y JllU~t he approved b,y the. ndminister-ing agency <br />and will de,pend upon the a\'aibbility of suitable land not I'equireu for <br />reservoir operation and puulic. use. <br />During nn invest.ignt.ion of the site in .Jnly, it nppear~d thnt the <br />most feasihIe location for State HighwilY 104 'HJlIld be abO\.e high- <br />water level along t.he north shore. The most adaptable area for rpcre- <br />atioIlal deTelopment nppeared to be on n ridge east. of Bagley CreE'k in <br />sections Nos. 7 and S. <br />Since \,"E'.llllderst.and t.}wt. the engineering and operational <lat.n. fur- <br />nished us were tenta.tive and subject to re\"ision with no informntion <br />reg-nrding proposnls for acquisition of land, our cost, e~timates which <br />follow are Lased upon previous studies of comparable areas. These <br />cost est.imates and benefit figures nre necessarily conjectural since t.he\' <br />den.l with mUJlY inta.ng-ibles_ . <br />It is estimated that. $05,000 would be requircd to provide minimum <br />basic'. fneiIitit's that might. properly be considered n Federal responsi- <br />bility. Thi, expenditure would in\'oh'e the development of n public- <br />use. area along the north shore. of the. respn.oil' on u nat.urnl ridge east <br />of Bagley Creek and n. fishing cnm)> at some suitable locatioll in n ba.y <br />along t.he north shore. ]f additional land is specifically required for <br />rocl't'at.ion, the cost. should be added to the estimate. The entimute does <br />not. include replacement of existing Forest Service fneilities that <br />would be. inundated. <br /> <br />~ <br />