Relief shown by contours. Trail maps are available at the park's main entrances. More than two dozen cars waited patiently to enter the park, campgrounds were brimming with visitors, and paddle boaters and sailors were already gliding across the lake.Though the project has been praised for its multi-purpose nature, it also triggered a long-running battle with the Denver chapter of the Audubon Society, which feared the construction damage to bird habitat would not be adequately repaired in the reservoir’s new design.Elizabeth Jorde and her son Jeremiah were waiting at the marina, hoping to reserve a slip for their family pontoon boat on Father’s Day.For millions of boaters, campers, cyclists, runners and bird watchers, the 350,000 acre-foot reservoir that sits southwest of the city is a year-round recreational hot spot, with 1.6 million annual visitors.“We rolled up our sleeves, put our differences aside and got this thing built,” Ray said.Chatfield Reservoir, one of the largest liquid playgrounds in the Denver metro area, will take on a new role this year, storing water under an innovative $171 million deal completed last month between the state, water providers, environmental groups and the federal government.Originally built by the Army Corps in 1975 to help control the South Platte River during floods, by the 1990s water agencies and others began looking at ways to actually store water there.“We’re still not convinced it’s going to work,” Reetz said. But she also said the $171 million price tag seemed steep for the amount of water the project will store.The project’s $171 million price tag was paid by the cities and farmers who will store water there, with additional funds provided by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the federal government.That the reservoir is a highly valued part of the outdoor recreation scene in metro Denver was clear Monday morning. Chatfield Reservoir Chatfield Dam and Reservoir is a dam and artificial lake located on the South Platte River, south of Littleton, Colorado. The dam and reservoir were built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a response to the disastrous flood of 1965. Chatfield Reservoir State Park Get this Map Description: A map for cyclists for the State Park south of Denver, Colorado, showing in detail the paved and unpaved trails in the park suitable for cyclists, together with the main access points for cyclists. On Chatfield's trails, you can escape the boredom of the gym by taking a morning jog, exploring natural areas that border the reservoir, leisurely pedaling your bicycle through the park, or riding a horse into the sunset.
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Panel title. A free supplemental map to ColoradoBikeMaps' Denver Major Metro Trails Map of 2016. June 8, 2020 Credit: Jerd Smith But environmental concerns remain about the project’s impact on hundreds of bird species.
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Includes fishing and recreation information, location maps, and local area map. But Polly Reetz, the chapter’s conservation chair, said they plan to closely monitor how habitat and birds respond.For Randy Ray the project will provided 4,274 acre-feet of critical new storage space for the farmers in his district, who anteed up $20 million to help get the deal done.It wasn’t easy. Lake Granby, Grand Lake, Shadow Mountain Relief shown by contours. Chatfield Reservoir, Jefferson Lake, South Platte River (Cheesman Lake to Chatfield) Depths shown by contours. “They’ve done some good work out there. It will be used to provide water for recreation and improve flows for the South Platte River through Denver, Ray said.The society’s lawsuit to stop the project ultimately failed. But we plan to watch it very carefully and see what happens.”“This project is a great example of federal, state and local authorities working together to address vital water supply issues along the Front Range,” said Army Corps Omaha District Commander Col. John Hudson in a statement.And he said it is proof that collaborative solutions to Colorado’s looming water shortages can be found.A 2,100 acre-foot pool of water for environmental purposes was also set aside.