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Show Paradox Valley. The project would provide water for 33,000 acres of new land and for 10,000 acres of land now inadequately irrigated. The proposed plan of development is outlined in a status report dated March, 1953. Some detailed work has been accomplished on reservoir and dam-site topography and geologic explorations at the dam site. Most aspects of the investigations have been completed only in reconnaissance scope. The initiation of detailed land classification surveys and topographic surveys for project lands will be of first priority as soon as detailed investigations are resumed. g. Savery-Pot Hook Project The Savery-Pot Hook Project will provide supplemental water for 13,230 acres of irrigated land and a full supply for 18,380 acres of new land in northwestern Colorado and southern Wyoming. The water would be developed from tributaries of Little Snake River. The 65,000 acre-foot Pot Hook Reservoir would be located on Slater Creek in Colorado, and the 18,600 acre-foot Savery Reservoir would be located on Savery Creek in Wyoming. Part of the water released from these reservoirs would be distributed by existing canals and ditches diverting from Savery Creek and Little Snake River. One of these, the West Side Canal, would be extended an additional 15.7 miles. The remaining project water would be distributed by two new canals, the 19.2 miles long Dolan Mesa Canal heading on Savery Creek and the 58.2 miles long Pot Hook Canal heading at the Pot Hook Reservoir. A preliminary draft of the feasibility report was completed in July, 1954 and circulated to the States of Wyoming and Colorado for their informal comments. The State of Wyoming is considering developing the Savery Reservoir portion of the plan as a State undertaking, and is not supporting the plan presented in the Bureau of Reclamation's report for the development of land areas in both States. Further investigations have been suspended pending the determination as to whether the present plan should be recommended to Congress or whether the Colorado portion of the plan should be reported as a separate project. h. Fruit Growers Dam Project Extension The existing Fruit Growers Reservoir would be enlarged from its present capacity of 4,500 acre-feet to 11,500 acre-feet, and its -53- |