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<br />,. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'';', <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />r'. <br /> <br />2183 <br /> <br />F. The National Park Service should be advised of any changes in <br /> <br />present plans for construction or operation of the proposed reservoirs, <br /> <br /> <br />if it is requested to undertake additional studies at a later date. <br /> <br /> <br />G. Although the archeological resources of the Gunnison-Arkansas <br /> <br /> <br />Project cannot yet be definitely assessed, important data have already <br /> <br /> <br />been discovered showinG a long use of the region by both historic and <br /> <br /> <br />prehistoric Indian tribes. It is recommended that the archeological <br /> <br /> <br />surveys be continued by the Smithsonian Institution or a cooperating <br /> <br /> <br />institution, and that every effort be made to salvage, through exca- <br /> <br /> <br />vation, adequate samples of the important remains threatened by the <br /> <br /> <br />formation of the reservoirs. At the same time surveys for paleontolog- <br /> <br /> <br />ical values which have not yet been made should be initiated and these <br /> <br /> <br />surveys will be requested from the Smithsonian Institituion and its <br /> <br />cooperators. . <br /> <br /> <br />H. It is recommended that a qualified historian be assigned to <br /> <br /> <br />the project to obtain detailed information necessary to complete the <br /> <br /> <br />survey and recording of historical features to be obliterated by the <br /> <br /> <br />reservoirs and related works. <br /> <br /> <br />I. Elack Ca~von of the Gunnison National Monument <br /> <br /> <br />A study of stream flows of the Gunnison River through the <br /> <br /> <br />National Monument in relation to water-use proposals of the Gunnison- <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas Project is under way by the National Park Service. The <br /> <br /> <br />studies have not reached the point, however, where fully considered <br /> <br /> <br />opinions can be given regarding the various effects which the proposed <br /> <br /> <br />diversion.will have on the National Monument. Consequently, recommend- <br /> <br /> <br />ations cannot yet be made as to minimum flows of the Gunnison River <br /> <br /> <br />that should be allowed to pass through it. <br /> <br /> <br />J. A brief summary of the adaptability of the proposed sites to <br /> <br /> <br />recreational development under present plans of operation, follows: <br /> <br />8 <br />