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<br />;l:lIlcd 10 w~ ~rdous SlJl.l <br />. ....ue1 00 ra~e 8) <br /> <br />Con luence wetlands area dedicated <br /> <br /> <br />CUl11NG THE RIBBON at the dedication of the wetlands <br />wildlife area at Delta's Confluence Park on Wednesday, <br />top, are, from left, Terry Steenburg from Ducks Unlimited, <br />Delta Mayor Gerald Roberts, Paul Obert of the Soil <br />Conservation Service, Bob Clark with the Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife, and Frank Kartch with Ducks Unlimited <br />from Bismark. N.D. At right, Rich Engelhart, director of <br />Delta's Parks and Recreation department. speaks to the <br />group about the sign erected at the site of the wildlife <br />sanctuary. (Daily Press Photos by Lucky Adams) <br /> <br />Il\' LUCKY AOAMS <br />nail~' Press StatT "'riter <br />DEL T,\ ~ A nearly 30-acrc wcl- <br />lands and \\alerfowl area ill Delta's <br />:marJ-winning Confluence P;lrk W;'IS <br />lbhl';llctlllllS \\cck bv I)cll~ city olTi- <br />cials :lI1d rcprcscl1lati~'Cs from the Oi. <br />., Isioll of \\'ildlik (OOW), Ducks Un- <br /> <br />limited and the Soil Conservation Ser- <br />vice ,SCS1. <br />Officials hope Ihilt the wetlands <br />will become ;:mothcr atlrnction for the <br />11lulti-rCL"rCallOnal park. The wetlands <br />arca was IOTmer/v a scri.:s of aban. <br />dUlled sue.aT beet sell ling ponds <br />owned by -the Holly Sugar Corp. <br /> <br />The wetlands area will be inhabited <br />b\' numerous watcrliw..-I and upland <br />'.!;lll1e. sllc:h as pheasants. (OUOIl lail <br />;abbils and white-lai led deer. which <br />are COl11mon along both lhe Gunnison <br />and Uncoll1pahgr~e Rivers. <br />The Cily or Delta began lhe deve. <br />(Continued on ra~e 8) <br /> <br />0010'13 <br />