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PROJECT REHABILITATION
The Board of Directors want to THANK YOU for your letters of support
for S. 1477  and  H.R. 3437

The hearing was very successful and very promising.  There was a strong western support and
tremendous state support.
Make sure to Thank our Senators and Representatives when you get a chance.
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HAPPENINGS IN
CONGRESS
S. 1477
H. R.3437  PASSED THE HOUSE

The District starts putting in retaining
walls along this portion of the inlet canal
allowing access to the canal for the first
time in 50 years.  The cost of rebuilding
the road approximately $800,000.  

Salazar Announces House Passage of Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act
September 17, 2008

Bill will repair critical water infrastructure in Mancos Valley


WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Salazar today announced that the United States House of
Representatives has passed and sent to the Senate a bill he sponsored to save a critical water
infrastructure for the residents of the Mancos Valley and Mesa Verde National Park.


The bill, known as HR 3437, The Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2007, is needed to extend the life
of the aging Mancos Project on the Mancos River north of Mancos in Montezuma County. The Jackson
Gulch reservoir supplies water to the town of Mancos, the Mancos Water Conservancy District, the
Mancos Rural Water Company and is the sole supplier of municipal water for Mesa Verde National
Park. The project provides irrigation water for over 13,000 acres.  Salazar’s bill passed the full House by
voice vote.  
WASHINGTON, DC – Today (9/11/08), the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources approved several
key Colorado land and water bills that United States Senator Ken Salazar has been championing.  The Committee, of
which Senator Salazar is a member, approved legislation to rehabilitate the Jackson Gulch Irrigation Canal (S.
1477) in Montezuma County, Colorado.  

This bills will now move to the floor for consideration by the full Senate.  
Senate Plans Lame-Duck Session for the public lands package, which
includes the Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act

The Distirct Bills have not been passed, they will be considered at the
next meeting of the Senate on Nov. 17, 2008;
the House next meets Jan, 2009.