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<br />REPORT OF roLICY AND REVIEW COMMITTEE
<br />G~~ISON RIVER STORAGE
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<br />To
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<br />THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
<br />April 3, 1952
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<br />The Policy and Review Committee--Gunnison River Storage hereby submits
<br />its report and recommendations to the Colorado Water Conservation Board a8
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<br />Authority for Report. The Colorado 1Jater Conservation Board, at a
<br />meeting, held on the 12th day of June, 1951, took the fOllm,ing action,
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<br />"Thereupon, it was moved by Judge Dan H, Hughes, and seconded by
<br />John H. Beaty, that the Colorado ~;ater Conservation Board authorize
<br />the creation of a Policy and Review Committee to make further studies
<br />on, and consider policies in relation to, storage in the Gunnison
<br />River Basin and the location of storage units in that basin, as a
<br />part of the COI01~do River Storage Project Flan, such committee to
<br />consist of one representative each from the counties of Gunnison,
<br />llontrose and Delta, one representative appointed b;: the Colorado River
<br />Conservation Board, the Director of the Colorado Game and Fish Commission,
<br />and the Director, Attorney, Consulting Engineer and Chief Engineer of
<br />the Colorado -;rater Conservation Board; and that such Committee is
<br />empowered to make such studies, perform the functions, as above mentioned,
<br />and prepare a report and recommendations for submission to the Colorado
<br />,Jater Conservation Board for final action ,in the matter."
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<br />Pursuant to this action, the personnel of the Policy and Revie\" Committee
<br />was set up as follools: Ed L. Dutcher, representing Gunnison County; George
<br />Cory, representing bontrose County; F, l'i. Peterson, representing Delta County;
<br />Silmon Smith, representing the Colorado River Water Conservation District;
<br />Cleland N. Feast, Director of the Colorado Game and Fish Department; R. M.
<br />Gildersleeve, Chief Engineer, Royce J. Tipton, Consulting Eneineer, Jean S.
<br />Breitenstein, Attorney, and Clifford H. Stone, Director, of the Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board. Yir, Stone 17as made Chairman of the COIJU:1ittee,
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<br />II. Gunnison River Basin, The Gunnison River Basin is located at the
<br />base of the Continental Divide in west-central Colorado, It is one of the
<br />heaviest water-producing areas tributary to the Colorado River. Comprising
<br />only one-thirteenth of the tributary watershed, it yields more than one-seventh
<br />of the total runoff of the Colorado River at Lee Ferr,y, The area of the
<br />Basin is 8,020 square mi:es bounded on the east and southeast by the Sawatch
<br />and Cochetopa mountain ranges which form part of the Continental Divide chain,
<br />On the north the Basin is bounded by the Zlk liountains and the Grand Mesa.
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