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<br />The ~aily Camera: Legislature IJ 111117 3 <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />could be handled, and should be handled, through the state's in-stream flow program," said Frank McNulty, <br />assistant director of water policy for the state Department of Natural Resources, <br /> <br />Since 1973. the state has acquired water rights on 8,000 miles of streams and about 475 natural lakes to sustain wildlife habitat and <br />recreation. <br /> <br />The problem Is the state's water rights are relativeiy new, said Drew Peternell, an attorney with the Colorado chapter of Trout Unlimited, <br />When wate~s scarce, people with older water rights get their share first and the rest get what's left. <br /> <br />Petemell said it remains to be seen if the Forest Service will protect the environment when the state doesn't agree to set aside the <br />water. <br /> <br />"The jury's still out, I guess," he said, <br /> <br />Copyright 2005, The Daiiy Camera, All Rights Reserved, <br /> <br />http://www.dailycamera.comlbdc/cdalartic1e...print/O. 1983,BDC _16336 _3519438_ ARTICLE-DEL, 2/3/2005 <br />