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<br />,." .. --, <br />I_I ... {{ <br /> <br />government regarding western Nebraska habillts fOf' endangered <br />species of whooping ennes, plovers, and terns along the Plane <br />River sySlem <br /> <br />DVtvu POSl 4116(92 <br /> <br />WATER TRANSFER <br /> <br />Colorado Springs UtllltJes Challenges Ballot Wordlna; <br /> <br />Colorado Springs Utilities bas challenged the wording of a <br />proposed statewide ballot initiative which would rtSlrict the <br />ci[)"s future atlempts to transfer water from otller parts of the <br />SlllC_ The Colorado Supreme: Coun has been asked to return the <br />ballot initiative to the panel thu originally approved the wording <br />of the proposal. Colorado Springs Utilities charges thai the <br />wording of the initiative fails to describe the impacts of the <br />proposal. <br /> <br />Cok>rado Springs CaulU Telegraph 5/15192 <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />Study Shows Adams County Safe <br /> <br />A federally financed study of nearly 500 Adams CounlY <br />residents conducted by stue rese.m:hers found that although <br />some residents have slightly devaled levels of arsenic and <br />mercury, those ]evels are not health threatening. The sludy was <br />conducted 10 see if the Rocky Mountain Arsenal was a danger <br />to the health of .learby rtSidents. Arsenic and mercury are two <br />of eight chemicals being analyzed by the researchers. Test <br />results involving hwnan exposure to the six otl1c:r chemicals will <br />be released afler further analysis this fall. <br /> <br />DtllverPOSl5/8f}2 <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENT <br /> <br />Trilurldt>10uray !\tIne SUes To Be Cleaned Up <br /> <br />lbe Idarado Mining Company and the Slate of Colorado have <br />reached an agrecmenl over the cleanup of inactive mine sites in <br />Telluride and Ouray. Colorado firsl filed suit in 1983 over <br />damages to nalW1l1 resources by Idarado mining operations. The <br />cleanup plan calls for a phased approach requiring that <br />performance objectives be met for revegetation of mine waste <br />and for waler quality improvement. and focuses on reclamation <br />of numerous tailings piles, mine wasle rock, and portal <br />discharges in the San Miguel River and Red Mountain Cred:: <br />dninages. An earlier cleanup effon begun in 1987 was <br />disruptive 10 the environment and the affected communilies, and <br />resulted in this latest effort al negoliation to find a less intrusive. <br />alternate plan. lbis phased approach will a.llow cleanup efforts <br />to be monilored. and allered if again found disruptive. <br /> <br />MOlllrose Daily Prtss 512W2 <br /> <br />cdo"",Jo L~oJ<?r <br /> <br />Iq '( L. <br />31 <br /> <br />.J '-, ~"'- <br /> <br />En~lro-Gro SpreadS SludJ,:e <br /> <br />Enviro--Gro Teehnologies Inc. began applying New York ell)' <br />sludge 10 wheal fields in southeastern Colorado without <br />difficulty in April, despite opposition from residc:nlS of the lown <br />of Holly who threatened a protesL Concern was voiced over the <br />safel)' of the sludge, including environmenLll pollution and <br />hwnan health, but advocale5 of lhe program say the sludge will <br />be safer for the enviromnent than more common anhyctrnu.s <br />ammonia fertilizer. Samples of the sludge were taken to be <br />tesled for heavy metals and other substances by the Colorado <br />Health Department and the EPA. After application, the sludge <br />was plowed into the fields. The ground lreated wilh sludge will <br />be planted with wheat next September. <br /> <br />Pueblo ChUfkJin 4/19f}2. 4n.3f}2 <br /> <br />Two Colorado RIven; On List <br /> <br />Two Colorado riven have been listed by a Washington D.C. <br />river conservation group as Rthrealened- by water development <br />projects. The Gunnison River faces the proposed A.B Latenl <br />projecl which would remove water from the river above the <br />Black Canyon for hydropower. The project would affect a <br />portion of the river which includes a gold medallroUt fIShery <br />and 26 miles proposed for wild and scenic river designation. <br />The Animas River made the Iisl because of the proposed <br />Animas-La Plaia waler projecl backed by the Bureau of <br />Reclamuion to provide irrigation water for bolh farmers, local <br />communities, and Ule lndians in southwestern Colorado. 1be <br />South Plalle River had been on the group's -end.angered- list <br />before: a velO of the Two Forks Dam project by the EPA. The <br />most endangered river system on the list is the CoIwnbiat.;nake <br />in the nonhWe51 U.S., where hundreds of fish species are <br />threatened by da.ms and development. <br /> <br />Pueblo Chj€jta.ill ..1/10192, Colorado Springs Gl.UtlU Telegraph <br />4/1Of}2 <br /> <br />WILDERNESS <br /> <br />\'caler Plan For Piedra Thrown Out <br /> <br />The U.S. Forest Service has thrown our. a streamflow plan for <br />the Piedra River in the proposed Piedra Wilderness Area of <br />southwestern Colorado. The plan was viewed skeptically by <br />both cnvirorunenlalists and state water interests. It calls for <br />vinually all of the Piedra River's flow 10 remain ins~am during <br />wel )"ea~. while during normal or dry years up to 15 percent of <br />spring runoff would be available for diversion and devdopmenL <br />Stale waler interests dislike the idea of federal wilderness <br />making a Rwater grab,R and environmentaliS15 feel that the stale <br />will nO[ fairly manage flows for a wilderness stream.. lb.is stale <br />conU'ol issue is the eenU'a1 feature of the Piedra legislation, a.nd <br />is also the cenU'al issue of !.he wilderness bill sponsored by Rep. <br />Ben ~ighthOfSC Campbell, D-CoIo. being debated in the U.S. <br />House of Represematives.. <br /> <br />u.s. Walu S~ws 411992 <br />