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<br />,"" ,- fl' <br />~~4.JJ'(.j <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />and personnel become available for that purpose. In the detailed stud- <br />ies alternative plans of development will be further considered. particu- <br />larly possibilities of expanding the Basalt project to include irriga- <br />tion service to lands in the Thompson Creek. Three Mile Creek. and Four <br />Mile Creek areas and of expanding the Bluestone project to include addi- <br />tional water for lands in the Bluestone Ditch and Parachute Creek areas. <br /> <br />\~lile the Basalt and Bluestone projects appear to present the most <br />favorable potentialities for the use of Ruedi Reservoir water on the <br />western slope. studies of these projects are not meant to preclude con- <br />sideration of other possibilities for utiliZing the water. Some western <br />slope storage needs will be supplied for the existing Green Mountain <br />Reservoir of the Colorado-Big Thompson project by agreements to be made <br />under the provisions of Senate Document No. 80. 75th Congress. 1937. <br />The ultimate assignment of Ruedi and Green Mountain Reservoir water to <br />western slope projects will reg,uire an extensive coordination of water <br />uses and water rights that is beyond the scope of the present studies. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Only project effects on irrigation are appraised in the accompanying <br />report on the Basalt project and onl,Y effects on irrigation and power <br />in the report on the Bluestone project. Effects in other fields such as <br />recreation. fish and Wildlife. and flood control will be considered in <br />future studies made in greater detail. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries <br />and Wildlife in a memorandum dated February 12. 1963. a copy of which is <br />appended at the end of this volume. discusses aspects of the projects to <br />which that agency will give further consideration during the course of <br />future feaSibility studies. <br /> <br />Water conservation agencies in Colorado have encouraged the inves- <br />tigations covered by this report and have been most helpful in the prose- <br />cution of the work. The Colorado ~iater Conservation Board contributed <br />$15.000 to the Bureau of Reclamation in order to have studies started in <br />Fiscal Year 1961. The board also contributed funds to the U. S. Geologi- <br />cal Survey for the installation of three gaging stations on potential <br />project streams. The Colorado River Water Conservation District assisted <br />in the investigations and made water filings reg,uired for the projects. <br />The district also obtained advance topographic sheets of project areas <br />from the U. S. Geological Survey which were useful in project studies. <br /> <br />\_' <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />