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,/','), ""'-, f"",.:. '\:'i({,:~; The proposed Cow Creek Feeder Canal would gaiher snowmelt in the Spring and water left in Cow Creek and Hubbard Creek in the fall and winter after domestic needs have been met and following the end of the irrigation season, for storage in the proposed Electric Mountain Reservoir. This reservoir would be built on the West Muddy above the confluence with Cow Creek. Gorsuch Reservoir, proposed for con. struction on Currant Creek between Re<;!lands and Cedar Mesas. would store similar water from Terror, Jay, Leroux, Currant, Surface, and Tongue Creeks not needed in late fall. winter, and during the spring runoff to meet senior decrees. The proposed Tongue Creek Feeder Canal would deliver water from Tongue and Surface Creeks to Gorsuch Reservoir. The proposed Grand Mesa Canal would serve a clual purpose - a gathering canal during the storage period starting in the late fall and delivery canal during the irrigation season to take water from Electric Mountain Reser- voir to project lands. The potential Gorsuch Canal would deliver water from Gorsuch Reservoir to some project lands. ( Alfalfa hay produced on Redlands Mesa where some water is available FLOOD CONTROL, RECREATION. Electric Mountain and Gorsuch Reservoirs would regulate the flows of the West Muddy and Currant Creeks. This control would reduce the damage from both high runoff during the spring and following cloudbursts in summer. Both reservoirs would be ideal for water sports - boating, water skiing, and fishing. Both local residents and tourists would cCJmp along the shores. Better regulation of flows of the streams will improve stream fishing, and the reservoirs will provide new lake fishing. It is possible that the addition of two new bodies of water would improve the environment for water, fowl and other wildlife. This could result in more hunting.