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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESUME OF SUBSTITUTE PLAN FOR REUDI DAM <br /> <br />021'\ <br /> <br />FRYING PAN RIVER, COLORADO <br /> <br />There can be no quarrel with the di'Jersion from the Frying Pan <br />Watershed to the Arkansas Basin, for Congress has interpreted the <br />hearings to mean that more Coloradans favor the diverSIOn than oppose <br />the plan. However, the report stated that an average of 65,000 acre- <br />feet with a maxi(;-_~.',,:~ S;,GOC' acrc-:~2t coule ~'" diverted, but the last <br />hearing intimate.: ~:~.~t a!1 average .::.:.~[',;.!al diversion .:-f 69, IOU 3.cre-feet <br />will be made. <br /> <br />The part of the plan that is not proper, and must be changed, is <br />the location of the regulating dam at Reudi site on the Frying Pan River; <br />and the reduction of flows in the Frying Pan and North Fork branch to <br />fifteen (15) cubic feet. per second delring the 'diversion mcnths, This <br />15 c.f. s. w~ .~.:: -,.' _ '___ea's 2 flJI: c;f 2 c'1ch"s depth in the FrYl -.; Par: <br />and would compl(.::-~~::. :uin the recreatior;.al V3~1J.es. <br /> <br />A 270 faa, higi:, 100,000 acre-foc,t storage darn at Reliai, wlll cause <br />- (1) Dislocation of the cabins at Reudi; (2) Purchase of 1,000 acres of <br />good farm land, including farm buildings; (3) Relocation of at least 7 <br />miles of State Highway; (-~; ;;'",ioc;:,ti;::n of phone, power and water lines; <br />(5) A lake that is 2:ccessible only from the North or right side; (6) <br />Because of the lack of control during flood and the extreme low flow <br />during diversions, the ruination of all fishing from Meredith to Chap- <br />man Creek on the Frying Pan and on all of North Fork. These reaches <br />total 35 miles c~ ~"e 'cest fi,:,:c;.r:g a;1d camping waters in Colorado; and <br />- - - -(7)- the-loss of cl-l .s,,-,;r.mer-re,,'enue to 5 guest-ranches'up Stream from <br />Meredith. <br /> <br />Two substitute dams, one at Chapman Creek, to hold 70,000 acre- <br />feet, on the Frying Pan, and one at the head of North Fork Canyon to hold <br />30,000 acre-feet would not only alleviate all of adverse effects of Reudi <br />Dam, but would provide the same regulation for downstream users, and <br />provide many additional benefits, a few of which, are listed hereafter; <br /> <br />(1) Two lakes, accessible around their full perimeter. <br />(Nearly twice the shoreline available at Reudi) . <br /> <br />(2) Regulated flows through the upper Frying Pan and all of <br />Nortn Fork. This would enhance the present recreational values of these <br />35 miles of strui'ns. <br /> <br />',If; <br />"f' <br /> <br />./ .~ <br />Q,:r. (" <br /> <br />'" <br />