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<br />N <br />.- <br />Q:) <br />C'~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />..." <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'-" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />I;. <br /> <br />-,_. -.-- -,- .-. .,-------.,.--'--------1 <br />54 <br /> <br />purchased riverfront propert.y on both .ide. of the River <br /> <br />near Needles. Now anybody who .s.ooi.te. theme.lvee with <br /> <br />thie River haa a fairly 900d knowledge of what dams are for. <br /> <br />It i. quite oonceivable that if a river i. da~ed, at .ome <br /> <br />time that dam or dams will become full. To b. reali.tic <br /> <br />and not waste a lot of time it 1s not a que.tion of whether <br /> <br />or not ~r. water muat be rel....d. Tbe only questiOD 1s <br /> <br />when. The powers that be with all their information as to <br /> <br />snOW pack and water content and all the other pertinent <br /> <br />information at their di.posal should be able to do the,riqht <br /> <br />thinq. However, I beqin to wond.r. Here we are with all <br /> <br />dAlllif nearly full. with my Riv.r in my front yard it i. not <br /> <br />hard to .ee that very little w.ter'. being rel....d during <br /> <br />the wint.r. What makes no .en.e to m. ia why non-damaging <br /> <br />relea.. at, aay, twenty-eiqht thouaand (28,000) cubic-f.et- <br />,l <br /> <br />per-second or plua or minus to adjust to condition., be <br /> <br />mAintained aa a conatant relea.e. Thi. would not cause <br /> <br />flOOding, would not hurt the wildlife, would not hurt <br /> <br />recreation and would certainly increase the hydro-electr1c <br />I <br />output. But then, we lIIight malte cOlllpetit1on cUfficult: by, <br /> <br />as an example, the generAtinq plant at Bullhead City and you <br /> <br />wo\l.le.n't want that. If noth1nq elae b to be considered, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />then the wildlife, with relation to the force of higher <br /> <br /> <br />releaa. ot "ater due to bur.aucratic rec! upe. .7uat tbink <br /> <br />about the animals, bird., and fiah. Control the water flow <br /> <br />I :'Ii, ;!-JI, <br />