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Show on Buzzard Creek just below the stream's junction with Owens Creek. The Gunnison Basin water would be brought to the headwaters of Buzzard Creek by the 7.4 miles long Dyke Creek Feeder Canal. Water released from Owens Creek Reservoir would be diverted from Buzzard Creek into the Colorado Canal, 16.3 miles long, that would serve project lands located along the north side of Plateau Creek near Collbran and Molina, Colorado. About 6,780 acres of new land and 50 acres needing supplemental water would be irrigated. g. Tomichi Creek Project This project would provide supplemental irrigation water for 15,400 acres of presently irrigated land and a full supply for 12,180 acres of new land located east of Gunnison, Colorado, near the Continental Divide. The Monarch and Ohio City Reservoirs, each with a capacity of 30,000 acre-feet, would be provided by means of dams on Tomichi and Quartz Creeks, respectively. The South Crookton Canal would head at Monarch Reservoir and extend westerly 28 miles to irrigate lands south of Tomichi Creek. The Quartz Creek Canal, also 28 miles long, would extend southeasterly from the Ohio City Reservoir, irrigating lands along Quartz Creek and the north side of Tomichi Creek. h. East River Project The East River Project would provide irrigation water to 1,780 acres of new land and 970 acres of presently irrigated land in need of additional water. The lands are located between East and Slate Rivers near Crested Butte, Colorado. The water would be made available through construction of the five-mile long East River Canal which would divert from East River, one of the upper tributaries of the Gunnison River. No storage would be required to provide an adequate water supply for project lands. i. Ohio Creek Project The Castleton Reservoir would be constructed to a capacity of 10,000 acre-feet on Castle Creek, a tributary of Ohio Creek. The potential Ohio Creek Canal would head on Ohio Creek and extend 18 miles to project lands located along the west side of Ohio Creek. The canal would receive released storage water from the Castleton Reservoir through a short canal diverting from -59- |