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. . . 0851 INTRODUCTION and personnel become available for that purpose. In the detailed stud- ies alternative plans of development will be further considered, particu- larly possibilities of expanding the Basalt project to include irriga- tion service to lands in the Thompson Creek, Three Mile Creek, and Four Mile Creek areas and of expanding the Bluestone project to include addi- tional water for lands in the Bluestone Ditch and Parachute Creek areas. lihile the Basalt and Bluestone projects appear to present the most favorable potentialities for the use of Ruedi Reservoir water on the western slope, studies of these projects are not meant to preclude con- sideration of other possibilities for utilizing the water. Some western slope storage needs will be supplied for the existing Gree~ Mountain Reservoir of the Colorado-Big Thompson project by agreements to be made under the provisions of Sp.nate Document No. 80, 75th Congress, 1937. The ultimate assignment of Ruedi and Green Mountain Reservoir water to western slope projects will require an extensive coordination of water uses and water rights that is beyond the scope of the present studies. Only project effects on irrigation are appraised in the accompanying report on the Basalt project and on~Y effects on irrieation and power in the report on the Bluestone project. Effects in other fields such as recreation, fish and wildlife, and flood control will be considered in future studies made in r,reater detail. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife in a memorandum dated February 12, 1963, a copy of which is appended at the end of this volume, discusses aspects of the projects to which th~t agency will give further consideration during the course of future feaSibility stUdies. Water conservation agencies in Colorado have encouraged the inves- -LigRt.inn" ,.~rered by--tb4.-s-report-and-have been musL I!<,lpful III Lh" >" u",,- cution of the work. The Colorado Water Conservation Board contributed $15,OOO to the Bureau of Reclamation in order to have studies started in Fiscal Year 1961. The board also contributed funds to the U. S. Geologi- cal Survey for the installation of three gaging stations on potential project streams. The Colorado River Water Conservation District assisted in the investigations and made water filings required for the projects. The district also obtained advance topographic sheets of project areas from the U. S. Geological Survey which were useful in project studies. 4