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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />However, opposition to the project continued. In 1951 the <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, the official water policy agency <br /> <br />for the state of Colorado, authorized its director, Judge Clifford H. <br /> <br />stone, to hold a series of public hearings concerning the Narrows <br /> <br /> <br />unit. The hearings were held to permit local and interested parties <br /> <br /> <br />to consider the proposed plan of development and to express their <br /> <br /> <br />views concerning the project. The Board also retained the services <br /> <br /> <br />of Royce J. Tipton and Associates, an engineering firm of international <br /> <br /> <br />standing, to conduct an independent investigation pertaining to the <br /> <br /> <br />most suitable reservoir site. The Tipton firm subsequently recommend- <br /> <br /> <br />ed to the Board that the reservoir be constructed at the Narrows site. <br /> <br /> <br />Public hearings on the project were held at Fort Morgan, <br /> <br /> <br />Greeley and Sterling. The final hearing was to be held in Denver <br /> <br /> <br />to consider the state's formal comments on the project. However, this <br /> <br />meeting was never held due to the untimely death of Judge stone. Con- <br /> <br />sequently, until recent years the Bureau of Reclamation was never <br /> <br />advised of the official views of the State of Colorado concerning the <br /> <br />project and the Bureau suspended its construction activities. <br /> <br /> <br />I am dwelling at some length upon the history of the Narrows <br /> <br /> <br />Project. I believe that it is important to an understanding of its <br /> <br /> <br />past failure, and even more important as to the reasons why the proj- <br /> <br />ect should be constructed. We in state government are often prone <br /> <br />to cast the blame for our shortcomings upon the federal government. <br /> <br />-4- <br />