If you lived here and remember the horrible flood of 1965, you are happy for
the Chatfield Dam. I lived in Littleton in 1965.
The birds have had to adjust more than once over the decades.
Susan Rosine
Brighton
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From: Karl Stecher Jr.
To: Ira Sanders ; jroller9
Cc: Tom Wilberding Boulder CO ; cobirds
Sent: Tue, Aug 27, 2019 4:03 am
Subject: Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas counties
In the 70s, there was a push to dam up Waterton Canyon. This
:45 AM
To: "Ira Sanders"
Cc: "Tom Wilberding Boulder CO" , "cobirds"
Subject: Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas
counties
"Chatfield" has gone through three stages: Stage I, starting in geologic
time, long ago, through 1
"Chatfield" has gone through three stages:
Stage I, starting in geologic time, long ago, through 1975, when the dam
was built and the reservoir
began to fill.
Stage II, from 1975 when water was impounded and the lake filled, until the
recent disruptive engineering changes began, aka the "Reallocati
It's my understanding that the water level at chatfield is going to be at
that high level maybe, and I repeat maybe, 3 out of 10 years. That of
course means you're going to be walking much further to get to the water
for 70% of the time.
Ira Sanders
Golden
On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 6:44 PM Tom Wilberd
Driving around Chatfield today I wondered why are all the new roads, paths,
and parking lots SO FAR from the water. Then I scrolled through the
following maps showing the future water level, and see that it is very
close to the new parking lots.
https://chatfieldreallocation.org/project-map/
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