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<br />,Elyn..A$5oa.1l!e<J~ that Ute bID he introduced !burs- National Park. Brown's bill woJ
<br />LOVELAND __ Rep. Hank d.1y was the result olloc.g oegoua. preserve the nver through the
<br />Brown. R-Colo., has Ultroduced bons between stale and nal1on.a1 town of Powire Park. ThJ:rty-oce
<br />legLS!auon to designate 75 rrules of eDVlforunental groups and "the rrules of the mer would be des1g.
<br />Ute Cacne La Poudre River as Col. northern Colorado water commu. nated as "W11d" and 401 miles as
<br />:r.irado's ftfst wd and scenic nver, city." -- ''TecreatJonaL''.. -......; ~", :', "-
<br />'he S3..1d Fnaay. . "It represent5 the best spirit of NoUung m the act would aIfect
<br />The Cache La Poudre Canyon is comprolTl1Se In terms of the long- exisUng water nghtS 011 the ri..'er
<br />the longest scerne nver canyon 00 term iIrterest of all of northern Col. or preclude a future water-stor.ige
<br />Ute Roeloes' Eastern Slope, wh1ch orado," Brown saul. UU preserves . project dowust.ream of des1gnated
<br />Brown represents Ul Congress. . a umque, scel11c mer canyon wb.t1e portlons of the river, Brown said..
<br />Brown announced the leglSlaUon keepmg open future waler storage . The bill also authortzes land ac
<br />.... .', . .,~ at a news conlerenet althe oflietS opuons so v\t.a! to the tepon." . '-. :., quisIUon fnlm wUling sellen alo
<br />,,':.:.,~"::.;_':;.~v.-:/ of the Northern Colorado Water -Begmmng at the mer's souret the deSignated portions of the nv, .
<br />,:..~",i~~~~"i-. Conservancy Dtstnct. He noted . at Poudre Lake m Rocky Mount.a1.D. u. . . ..".~". ~.' .,,--.~'" .~ .~;.'-';' :-..........,-.
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<br />gains ~nvlronmental'suppori;
<br />~ A similar m~ure int.roduced by Brown last year
<br />foundered in a House committee after Sierra Club .. 7~ ,'-:-
<br />.... officials withheld support. .,...\
<br />Tim Joh...'1SOn. a Sierra Club r-epresent.ative. s.aid the
<br />compromise venioR elimin.ated tbe proposed Indiar.
<br />Meadows reservoir and was aCCt'ptable to the envi.
<br />ronmental group. .
<br />The reservoir. planned for a pristine. upstream
<br />area near Rustlc. would have reqwred a road to be re-
<br />routed througb a wilderness area..
<br />"I think the Simple thing to say is that we all agree
<br />on this bill. That's the difference between this year
<br />a.nd last year." Johnson said. .. - ::.--:
<br />... Both s~des said they made major concessions duro -;~>\':::'~';.:.:"';:.'
<br />ing the SII months of negotiations on the bill. .. ~
<br />o' Larry Simpson. manager or the Northern Colorado
<br />Water Conserv...ncy District. said the compromise
<br />will incnase the costs of any future water projects
<br />...Iong the Poudre. '. ..~" " "'_.
<br />~We COO;ld have built a better and cbeaper dam
<br />upstrea.T ~n some ~I the narrower rea.che!: of the
<br />..canyon. SlmpsoQ said. .' ..:
<br />. Tbe district ~ not ..pplied to build any dams ~~
<br />the Poud~. but It does have long range pl..ns to divert
<br />downstreJm .....ter for the Glade .1.I1d Grey MounUin
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<br />Brown's _ bill .also would authorite acquisition 01
<br />bnd .and nght-of.w.ays along the river from willing
<br />pnvate sellen. .
<br />Funds for the purchase of private l.and would come
<br />from the Land and Water Conservation Trust fund'
<br />.and wou.ld req Ulre sep.ar.ate legISlation. Brownsa.id.~.
<br />The bill changes no ulStmg water rights on the
<br />river and does not authonze OIIny condemnation proc-e-- _
<br />dure to act!ulre land along tbe nver corridor. :.. p .:'..
<br />It would also name the first 18 miles of the nver as,' - ::. .
<br />the "Peter H. Dominick Wild River Area" after the
<br />late Colorado senOlltor who sponsored a 1973 bill au.\
<br />thormng federal study of 12 ColorOlldo m'ers. includ-
<br />ing the Poudre. . . .
<br />II the bill is passed. the Poudre would be the first'
<br />"wild and scenic" river to be l1f"'Cilnt..(ed in Colorado
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<br />LOVELAND - A bill to designa:te 75 miles of the
<br />Cache La Poudre River as "wild and scenic" b,u the
<br />support from water users and environmentalists that
<br />it lacked last y~ar. Rep. H.ank Brown. R-COlo.. ~d
<br />Friday.
<br />The compromise proposal
<br />would also leave open 71,1,;
<br />,,'-:i;;;'''':-.:. \'. miles of the river for wOlter
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<br />~.J~-;:<:':':}~.i...:.~ storage and byd.roelectrtc
<br />....~.,.,;--i~~':;q projects. -'
<br />'_.:.'._;-;:.".,:::'.:~ ~,-.- ..It's clearly a victory for
<br />'~~~.L~~~::-;",;:: ',. both sides," Brown said in a
<br />~;:.;t::....:-.;~;,.:.:...,./, tel~phone press conference'
<br />:':;<>~"~~:: ":.-" from' bLS Washington office.
<br />. .;~,..:~;-..;::.: -.... WRoth come out. I think. in 01
<br />~~.'.'!~.'... -. .'. . better situ<llion tban tbey
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<br />.' .~,'.'..' .' The Cache La Poudre flows
<br />'. .;"'. . east <lcross the Color<ldo
<br />:'~Y~::'" ~~'_~. ~ plOllnlS to join the South Platte A.p. H.nk Brown
<br />; -~ '.'::. "'n and was named by eOlrly seUlen who buried a cacbe
<br />'. ~'.~"';<"~.' .: of gunpowder along Its banks.
<br />.. .' ..:. " :_". The congressman. who is from Greeley. said he w,u
<br />.'.:..!.;. .' OptimIStic that the measure could be passed hy lh.
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<br />}.::.~.::..:':<,':,>:~':.:.Uf1d of t~is year. He said a subcommittee bl!3ring on
<br />,.,,;~~~ _ ,.-..':;-:: Ule blllLS set for Oct. 31.
<br />'_.1 '. ....... Beginning at the river's source at Poudre take in
<br />Rocky ~Iountaio National Park. Brown's bill would
<br />preserve OIlS wild area 31 miles of tbe rlver's two forks
<br />throl.ll:h the lown of Poudre Park. Forty.four miles of
<br />moslly downstream porUons would be designated .as
<br />"recreational" ,
<br />Wild rlver ~reas are prot~ted from water storage
<br />prOjects OIInd are usually inaccessIble except by hllung
<br />lralls.
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<br />. _." . ~. A recreational rlller is a less restrictive desIgnation
<br />. ".~"..:: ...... that applies to rIVers With road access. shorehne
<br />. development J.nd some water stora!i:t' ..nd diver-slon.
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