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<br />.., <br /> <br />OO1l39:~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Because of the very difficult nature of the terrain, travel in this most <br />scenic area of the Dinosaur Honument is limited at present to a very 11m! ted number <br />of hardy individuals, scientists and others who are interested in rugged geography, <br />geology, paleontology, and related sciences. <br />,fuen we consider the whole picture, therefore, we find that the Upper Colorado <br />project is vital not only because of direct economic values in developing essential <br /> <br />water resources, but because of its indirect values contributing to the enjoyment <br />of nature by a larger number of our citizens. <br /> <br />And--I repeat--the Dinosaur bones, the actual prehistoric evidence, will not <br />be inundated. They are miles from the dam site Md reservoir on high ground. <br /> <br />BW no stretch of the imagination can our recommendation oP Echo Park be <br /> <br />construed as a precedent for the invasion of other existing parks. No one in this <br /> <br />administration is going to build a dam in Yosemite, or Yellollstone, or run a pipe- <br /> <br />line into Crater Lake. <br /> <br />Echo Park and the problem there does not foreshadow the slightest alteration <br /> <br />in MY other recreational area by a project such as we have outlined. <br /> <br />Here, almost in your own backyard, you have the question of the Santa Margarita <br />storage dam and reservoir. It Wll.S the hope of the Department of the Interior that <br />. <br /> <br />the construction of a feasible project in this area would conserve a good bit of <br />the water Ilhich now runs into the sea and is wasted. <br /> <br />Your fine Senators, Bill Knowland and Tom Kuchel, are striving to obtaill <br /> <br />congressional authorization for tho construction of the Santa Margarita project. <br />Legal problems have been plentiful. To date these legal difficulties have halted <br /> <br />the planning of the Department as far as this project is concerned. <br />We in Interior are cooperating with the other Government agencies in attempting <br />to find a reasonable solution which ~dl1 be of help to this part of the State. We <br /> <br />will do everything we can to bring this matter to a succeesful and early conclusion; <br /> <br />8 <br />