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t...,;(,)lU(.Gurs ~',""TII!fIC-'7P03 ----, ~ - Brewery May Take Poudre River Water by NOR$ Staff The Anheuser.Busch Company recently announced plans to build a beer brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, and area residents fear that the Poudre Aiver will be dammed to supply the operation. The Poudre River is the cIose:st wtlitewarer river for millions of residents of Colorado's "front range" cities (see CURRENTS May 1983.1 It contains many miles of Class III to IV whitewater that attract kayakers, rafters, fishermen, campers and picnickers. For years. area residents have been urging Con- gress to designate the Poudre as a Wild and Scenic Aiver. Beer manufacturing uses a lot 01 water. According to planning documents, the new brewery could use up to 55% as much water as the entire city used in 1980. New auxiliary industries and residential growth would fur- ther increase the water use. This would in turn create demand for new dams on Ihe creeks that flow into the Poudre, or on the Poudre itseH. The brewery may also burn coal, causing smog and acid rain in Ihe area. The Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce has started a campaign to convince voters to support the new brewery plans, with newspaper and radio advertising. But many residents hope to prevent the breWtlry and the resulting dams and pollution. They plan a campaign 10 prevent the city from spen- ding the money and making the com- mitments needed lor the brewery. For more information, contact Quality of life Coali. tion, P.O. BOll 8892, Fort Collins, CO B052S. Wild and Scenic designatioo, wtlich would preserve the Poudre trom damming. can only be decided by Congress, but the politician who can best inffuenCf! the progress of dam- ming plans is Colorado Governor Aichard Lamm, who is an occasional kayaker and rafter himseH and is aware of the tree-flowing Poudre's value to Colorado. Whether you five in Colorado or another state, you can af- fect the future of the Poudre by wflting to Governor Lamm, urging him to keep dams off the Poudre. Write to: Governor Aichard lamm. State Capitol, Denver. CO 80203. 0859 o .