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Henry Maddux <br />Director, <br />Recovery Program <br />JPPER COIORADE) RIVER <br />ENDANGERED FISH Ralph Morgenweck <br />RECOVERY PRC3GRAM mhplementafion Committee <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service P.O. Box 25486 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 (303) 236-2985 Fax (303) 236-5262 <br />CO/KS/NE/UT-RIP <br />MS 6~~1~s@ibE~ <br />N 0 v 12 1998 <br />~mcerals 6 Geology <br />Mr. Steve Shuey <br />DENVER pFFICE <br />PUBLIC FILE <br />FILE: -?~- COPy <br />SITE:lvh- ,u <br />Corr~S P Sop <br />P°'~e <br />Nce <br />Division of Minerals and Geology ~~e1^ <br />Western Colorado Regulatory Office <br />484 Turner Drive, Building F, Suite ] Ol <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 <br />Dear Mr. Shuey, <br />Received <br />kOV 0 9 1998 <br />November 5, 1 Y98p^ o-M afa)~8 Gepto~Y <br />This is in reference to Whitewater Pit 500, MLR Permit M-77-129, located along the Gunnison <br />River near Whitewater, Colorado. A map of that pit is enclosed. <br />The Colorado River Fish Recovery Program, in partnership with the Bureau of Land <br />Management, has been negotiating with the land owner and Whitewater Building Materials <br />Corporation to acquire this property. We propose to reconnect this pit to the Gunnison River to <br />provide habitat for endangered fish. We would remove a portion, or portions, of the levy so <br />endangered fish can enter that area. This would provide food, rest, and shelter for the fish during <br />the flood season. <br />Mr. Ed Gardner from Whitewater Building Materials Corporation mentioned that you are <br />concerned about a slump along the dike on the east side of the pit. We wanted you to know that <br />we may want to remove the dike in that same area to connect the pit to the river. We had hoped <br />to acquire the property by this time, but the whole process was delayed by a title problem. The <br />title question has now been resolved, and we are preparing an appraisal and engineering studies <br />to complete the project. Once [he appraisals have been completed, we can negotiate with the <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Western Area Power Administration Colorado Utah Wyoming <br />Environmental Defense Fund National Audubon Society Colorado Wildlife Federation Wyoming Wildlife Federation <br />Colorado Water Congress Utah Water Users Association Wyoming Water Development Association Colorado River Energy Distributors Association <br />