WSP08184

• File Number: 8200.765
• Description: White River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 11/1/1966
• Author: USFS
• Title: Water and Related Land Resources - White River Basin in Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
U.S.D .A. FIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE
COLORADO RIVER BASIN
l24l7 Federal Building
Denver, Colorado 80202

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November 15, 1966

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Honorable John A. Love
Governor of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

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Dear Governor Love:

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The attached United States Department of Agriculture report presents
information regarding opportunities for watershed protection, flood
prevention and water resource development of the White River Basin in
Colorado. It is submitted as a report on participation by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture in a cooperative survey with the Colorado Water
Conservation Board.

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This cooperative survey was undertaken in response to a request from
the Colorado Water Conservation Board dated March 14, 1963, for cooper-
ation by the Department of Agriculture in such a survey. The Depart-
ment's part of the cooperative survey included the development and
presentation in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board
of the material contained in this report.

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Department of Agriculture participation in the survey was under the
provisions of Section 6 of Public Law 566, 83rd Congress, as amended,
which authorized the Department to cooperate with other Federal, State,
and local agencies in making investigations and surveys of the water-
sheds of rivers as a basis for the development of coordinated programs.

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This investigation and survey is coordinated with the study and reports
of the Colorado Water Conservation Board relating to the several tribu-
taries of the Colorado River Basin of western Colorado. It presents
information obtained from cooperative investigations by the Economic
Research $ervice, Forest Service, and Soil Conservation Service of the
Department of Agriculture, and by the Colorado Water Conservation Board
of the State of Colorado.

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We believe this report of the reconnaissance investigation and survey
covers the assignment of the Department of Agriculture as provided in
the Plan of Work for the White River Basin study.

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'~A. Mark, State Conservationist, SCS
Chairman, USDA Field Advisory Committee

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