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<br />[ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />,. <br />'1 <br />i <br />, <br />, <br />.... <br /> <br />October 7, 1976 <br /> <br />I am president of the Fruitland Nesa Water Conservancy District. <br /> <br />All members of this board have read the Draft Enviro~ental <br />Statement presented by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />We all live and make our living within the project area. <br /> <br />Our area is extremely short of a water supply to grow our crops. <br />Supplemental water is vitally important to increase the livestock, <br />cereal grains, alfalfa, pasture etc, and will add food to a nation <br />and a world despera.tly in need. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />We feel the loss of 584.acres in the Milly K . Goodwin reservior <br />I <br />to bit'; game, deer and elk, is very insi"nificantin .the total 25,CCO <br />acres or more in the upper Soap Creek. drainage. ,":I~~~elk will calve <br />wherever they are at at the time of calving. . Which may be miles far <br />fr~m th;Nill)' X.Goodwin reser,,:i?r. . .. . ~... <br />., ,~""~ /~t!cv. ~ ~.~ ~tJJs.._ . <br />Big gaJ;Je, deer urid elk in the irrigated area will have .:nore feed <br />,f/o - . <br />and grazing than is available now. ~area is isolated from another <br />as fences built' :tor cattle LInd sheepl.do not effect the paosaee of these i'I'}..> <br />. aniLlals. The flatf\ sage bru~h type oflaild will .becor:le crop areas. <br />and will l-roduce m2.ny acres of graze in grass, grain, new seedine, hay <br />Bt(1.cks, all .during the spring, summer and' tall. Heavy winter sno~1 will <br />force these Clnimalu to lower canyons . and private l;~nds.. The armiS ",nd <br />co.nyO[S on all sides will still produce shelter and browse. llew <br />d 1 ")ment will not atop the deer from grazing and browse, or :from <br />eve. . . <br />\' <br /> <br />, Y-'<r <br />