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<br />'. <br /> <br />"~:;-\ <br />~'" <br /> <br />PAGE 5 <br /> <br />THE GEriES I S FOR THESE COLORADO I'IA TER RESOURCE PROJErTS NOH UNDER <br /> <br />REVIEW WAS THE COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT ACT OF 1956. BY THAT ACT <br /> <br />THE nOLORES1 FRUITLAND MESA AND SAVERY-POT HOOK RECLAMATION PROJECTS <br /> <br />\IJERE DESIGflATED AS PARTICIPATHIG UPPER BASIN IRRIGATION PROJECTS SUBJECT <br /> <br />TO A FINDING OF FEASIBILITY AND SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATIO~ BY THE CONfRESS, <br /> <br />OVER TViENTY YEARS OF EXTEnDED STUDIES ArID RE-STUDIES1 EVALUATIONS ArJD <br /> <br />RE-EVALUATIONS, AND HEARINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE CONCERNI~G THESE THREE <br /> <br />PROJECTS. THEY HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CO~GRESS, APPROVED BY PAST <br /> <br />PRESIDEtlTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A~D MONIES HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR <br /> <br />THEIR CONSTRUCTION, <br /> <br />EACH OF THE THREE PROJECTS ARE AGRICI'LTURAL In riATURE, ALL OF THE <br /> <br />ACTIVE STORAGE IN FRUITLAND MESA AND IN SAVERY-POT HOOK IS DESIGNED FOR <br /> <br />IRRIGATION. SAVE CERTAIN RELEASES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND WILDLIFE USES <br /> <br />DOtm STREN1. THE DOLORES PROJECT IS ALSO ALMOST COMPLETELY DESIGnED <br /> <br />TO MEET I RR I GATI otJ NEEDS HI SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. PARTI CUL,~RL Y O~I THE <br /> <br />UTE ~10IJrnAHI UTE RESERVATlml HHERE THE H~DIM~ PEOPLE HAVE GONE SO LONG <br /> <br />WITHOUT DEPENMBLE, RELIABLE SUPPLIES OF \,I,~TER. YOU ~AY ASK HHY <br /> <br />COLORADO vi! SHES TO PROMOTE AGR I CULTURAL PROJECTS. THE AflS\~ER I S CLEAR <br /> <br />AND SIMPLE: THE CITIZENS OF COLORADO AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE LONG <br />