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Reclamation Releases Environmental Document for Horsetooth Reservoir Facilities
Media Contact:
Patience Hurley, (701) 221-1204, phurley@usbr.gov
For Release: September 18, 2015
LOVELAND, Colo. -- Reclamation released the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review and comment for a Larimer County Parks and Open Lands Department (Larimer County Parks) proposal to construct new administrative and maintenance facilities. The project is located at Horsetooth Reservoir's South Bay Campground near Fort Collins, Colo. The comment period will close on October 2, 2015.
Larimer County Parks manages the federal lands around Horsetooth Reservoir under agreements with Reclamation. The EA addresses changes in location and design for proposed administrative and maintenance facilities contemplated in Reclamation's 2007 Resource Management Plan and Environmental Assessment that was prepared for Horsetooth Reservoir, Carter Lake, Pinewood Reservoir and Flatiron Reservoir.
The Draft EA is available at: www.usbr.gov/gp/ecao/nepa/horsetooth_reservoir.html.
Comments on the Draft EA may be sent to: Terence Stroh, Environmental Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, 11056 W. CR 18E, Loveland, CO 80537; fax: (970) 663-321; or email: tstroh@usbr.gov.
For questions related the Draft EA or to request a printed copy, please contract Terence Stroh at 970-962-4369 or tstroh@usbr.gov. For questions related to Horsetooth Reservoir Park, please contact Mark Caughlan, Larimer County Parks at 970-498-5600 or mcaughlan@larimer.org.
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