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Show Huntsman Canal would be in tunnel. Yank Creek Reservoir would be constructed on North Thompson Creek to meet water needs in the eastern portion of the project area. About 39,920 acres would be irrigated, including 18,890 acres not presently irrigated. About 77,500 acre-feet of water annually would be made available in the Colorado River or in project canals for municipal and industrial uses. West Divide Project Dams Data Placita Reservoir Haystack Reservoir Yank Creek Reservoir Type Height (feet above streambed) Crest Length (feet) Reservoir capacity (acre-feet) Earth 301 1,630 105,660 Earth 132 1,350 7,590 Earth 188 1,540 9,210 2. FEASIBILITY INVESTIGATIONS COLORADO a. Yellow Jacket Project The plan presently under consideration for the Yellow Jacket Project would include storage regulation at Lost Park and Ripple Reservoirs in the White River drainage for development of lands in the White River Basin. The project would also include a small portion of the lands in the Axial Basin in the vicinity of Milk Creek which would be served from surplus flows of Milk Creek with storage provided at Thornburgh Reservoir. The project would provide a supplemental irrigation supply to 3,700 acres of land and a full supply to 19,900 acres of land. The remaining Axial Basin lands would be included in the Juniper Project. The project would also develop a municipal and industrial water supply and provide recreation and fish and wildlife benefits. Completion of a proposed feasibility report is scheduled for fiscal year 1968. b. Battlement Mesa Project The proposed feasibility report was completed early in fiscal year 1968 and submitted to the Commissioner of Reclamation for review. The project would develop the flows of Buzzard Creek to provide supplemental irrigation water supply to 3,130 acres of land and a full water supply to 6,340 acres of land, develop 3,000 acre-feet of municipal and industrial water, and provide benefits to recreation and fish and wildlife, Owens and Buzzard Creek Reservoirs would be con- 134 |