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<br />Preliminary Investigations of the Proposed Pine River Irrigation Project <br />Summary <br /> <br />This project proposes to use the storage waters of the recently completed <br /> <br />Vallecito Dam and Reservoir for supplementary irrigation and new irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />of approximately 15,000 acres of class 1 and class 2 lands in the western <br /> <br /> <br />part of the organized Pine River Irrigation District in the southeastern <br /> <br /> <br />part of L~ Plata County, Oolorado. <br /> <br />The lands included in the projeot area are ,mesa lands of rolling or somewhat <br />broken topograp~, lying on the terraced benches on the west side of Pine <br />River Valley. The lower valley lands along the east side of the project area, <br />located on both sides of the river, are irrigated by the consolidated Utes. <br />The foothills of the Mesa Mountains form the western boundary of the pro- <br />posed project area and of the irrigation district. <br /> <br />The proposed project area contains approximately 34,000 acres, some of which <br />will be eliminated when engineering work for location of canals is completed. <br /> <br />Some 12,451 acres of these lands (of which 1,200 acres are now irrigated, <br /> <br /> <br />1,800 aDre~ are irrigable but now cultivated by dry farming and 9,451 acres <br /> <br /> <br />are new irrigable lands) can be aoquired for resettlement at prices ranging <br /> <br /> <br />from $4.50 per acre for unbroken sagebrush land to $40 per acre for lands <br /> <br /> <br />that are now irrigated. Preliminary estimates, subject to change and oor- <br /> <br /> <br />rection, show that for new lands to be placed under irrigation the average <br /> <br /> <br />per acre costs will be as follows: <br />