Salazar revealed to roughly 20 Mancos residents and town officials Tuesday afternoon that the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development voted in favor of distributing $2.6 million for the Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation project. Jackson Gulch Reservoir serves the Mancos Valley, which makes up approximately 2,300 residents, as well as Mesa Verde National Park. The 60-year-old system needs realigned earthen canals, protective waterproof linings, maintenance upgrades, pipes in canal structures, and concrete rehabilitation.

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