Show Dry Fork Watershed Pr Project iett Discussed at al Water Waler Meetings During Curing the past week several several sev sev- eral meetings have been held regarding the Dry Fork watershed watershed water water- shed project The meetings were called by th the Uintah Water Conservancy District and the U. U US U.S. Soil Soli Conservation Service The original af Dry Fork watershed watershed water water- shed application under public law was m made de by the Uintah Uin Uin- tah tab Water Conservancy District District Dist Dist- in 1960 t I At that time the proposed plan contemplated the construction of pipelines down Dry For Fork Creek to carry carrywater carrywater carrywater water past the sink areas for forand forand forand and Ashley Valley THE PLAN as presented In Inthe Inthe inthe the recent meetings has bas eliminated eliminated elim elim- many previously proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed projects Including the pipelines also reservoirs at Crow Creek Blanchett Park Dry Fork Twin Lakes and Browns Brown's Park The pipelines were w e dropped after dye tracer tests were conducted by the the Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation The reservoirs were dropped from the the plan because of water supply foundation problems problems problems pro pro- and ec economic factors resulting from Increase in Federal government interest fates sates THE PRESENT plan includes es a acre foot structure at Trout Creek a tributary to Ashley Creek This structure would provide for flood re reo on Ashley Creek a are recreation recreation re re- creation pool and municipal and irrigation water storage The plan as presented would also include flood protection on the Lapoint road and Coal CoalMine CoalMine CoalMine Mine Basin Another part of the program that is being recommended by bythe bythe bythe the is improvements and consolidation of the Ashley Valley Valley Valley Val Val- ley canal and l lateral teral systems OF VITAL interest to the Uintah Water Conservancy District and others attending the meetings was the flood protection features feature on Ashley Creek with the construction of the Trout Creek reservoir Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- proximately third one-third of the high flows of Ashley Creek would be temporarily retained at the Trout Creek reservoir and released over a longer period of time studies indicate a gradual gradual gradual grad grad- grad grad- ual filling of the Ashley Creek Greek stream channel and as a a result re reo suIt sult of this filling Ashley Creek will at some time in the future future fut fut- ure create a n new nw w channel ch through Ashley Valley Vaney it was reported at the meetings Representing the from Salt Lake City were Don Drage Bob Bridges Harry K Woodward Michael Hansen Dean Maxwell Milo Lyon and Duane Klamm Other staff people were Scott Price and add Lorin Hunt Vernal reported L. L Y secretary secretary sec sec- of the Conservancy dist dist- n et |