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<br />, <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />uU\JJ8~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />and the Yampa River, a tribut!U'y of the Colorado. While it wHl therefore alter <br /> <br />the canyon, we do not believe that it will destroy its scenic beauty. The known <br /> <br />dejXJsits of dinosaur remains will remain lUltouched--m:i.lcs from the reservoir site. <br /> <br />The Echo Park Dam site was personally inspected by Under Secreta!)" Ralph Tudor <br /> <br />together with Commissioner of Reclamation ~la A. Dexhei!ner and National Park Direc- <br /> <br />tor Conrad L. Hirth. After they returned, the Under Secretary reported to me that <br /> <br />whj~e there were other alternate sites outside the park, their use ~ouJd mean II <br /> <br />great loss of water from evaporation. <br /> <br />In the deep cWlyons in Ecto Park there will be II minimum of evap)ra~ion. The <br /> <br />storage area that would be provided byalter!late sites ~lot11d be sha1lo~1 and the <br /> <br />evaporation naturally greater. <br /> <br />Secretary Tudor reached his concl'.lsions on the basts of sotmd engineering and <br /> <br />good logic. He said use of any of the alternate sites wouJd mean the loss of <br /> <br />enough ',mter to supply all the needs of a citj" of over 600,000 people. Can we <br /> <br />afford to Wf'.ste that much Hater? Could you here in California afford to lose that <br /> <br />much ~ater? <br /> <br />Let me quote from Hr. Tudor's report. "There "Iould be substantia.] loss in <br /> <br />electric generating capacity if anyone of the :lltel'nate sites were selected. <br /> <br />While this is a matter of economic importance! do not attach as much weight to it <br /> <br />as to the loss of water. The power loss could be replaced by steam power at some <br /> <br />increased cost. <br /> <br />"I share the concern of those who would preserve the beauties of the Dinosaur <br /> <br />National Monument in their present natural state. but as between a choice of alter- <br /> <br />ing the scenery, ~)ithout destroying it, in a basin which is and viII remain rich in <br /> <br />scenery, or the irreplaceable loss of enough uater to supply all the !leeds of a <br /> <br />city the size of Denver, I believe the conservation of the water in the interest of <br /> <br />the Nation is of greatest :mportancea" <br /> <br />5 <br />