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<br />READERS' OPINION
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<br />Brown's poudre bill
<br />should become law
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<br />; l<:ightet'nlh century Britlsh statesman Edmund Burke
<br />\lr'rol~ "All govt'rnmrnt - Ind~, every human benefit
<br />lind t'lljoym~ll. every vLrtue and prudent act - 11
<br />foumk"t.! on compromise and barter."
<br />Wt' don't know if U,S, Rep. Illlnk Brown, R.Colo.t ever
<br />sludit.tJ lIurkc's .....rilings but it is awarenl that the
<br />Grel'll'Y Hepuhlican underslOlnds lhe principle5 ciled 200
<br />)'eilrs agob)' the ,_Jllhcal philospher.
<br />I.l~l ....n.k. Uro....n unveiled hi!! new bill to designate 75
<br />mill"s III the Cache la Puudre fliyer as "wild and scenic."
<br />The proposal 8150 would leave open 7'r1 millS olthc river
<br />for waiN l>lor<lgealld hydrocll-'Ctrlc projects.
<br />l1lt~ It'gislalion is a classic example of political
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<br />compromLse. And it should ensure lhat the bill is passed
<br /><tuTing this congre5Sional slSsion.
<br />T ast year, Brown Introduced a similar bill aller a
<br />leries of public m~lings and lengthy research. lie nad
<br />Ikill(ully put together a coalition or local and state water
<br />users and environmentalists to support the legislation,
<br />and It appeared thai the bill wwld become law.
<br />111e prestigious Sierra Qub, however, stubbornly
<br />refused to back the bilt. 111e national organization
<br />Insisted thai it rontaln provisions on stream now,
<br />boundaries and access that were unrealistic. The Sierra
<br />Cluh lobbied against the hill, which died in committee.
<br />, Frustrated by the Sierra Club's unr~llislic dt'mands,
<br />Brown went back to work. at creating it'gislation that
<br />would Le acceptable to both sides. The result is his 19l15
<br />bill_ Some slaunch water users may grumble Ihat the bill
<br />Is a sellout, and some environmentalists may whine that
<br />it doesn.t include enouRh wilderness provisions.
<br />Those noist's should be ignored. Urown's bill already
<br />has n'ceived the blessing of spokesmen (or rq!;iunal
<br />waler woer and' environmental groups. W,O. Jo'arr of
<br />Greeley, a Wt'k1 County dir<<tor (or the North...rn
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<br />Colorado Water Conservancy District ..nd :I rC!>p<'Cte
<br />expert on waler issues, said, "It gives us lhe !>torll~
<br />possibiJities lor waler uurs and the river designatiolll; {(ij
<br />Iheenvironmentalgroups. That's Ihe key."
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<br />Tim Johnson, a Sierra Club rellre~ntalive, ~hoocl
<br />Farr's endorsement. "We all agr~ on this bill. That's. Ihe
<br />difference between Ws year and lalOt year," he sald_
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<br />Every Coloradan knows that water is tJll' most pr('dous
<br />commodity In this slate. It is the lifeblood 01 aRricullun',
<br />industry and residential growth. And as Clllnrallo's Front
<br />llange population continues to eX[l<lnd, waler ..boo has
<br />inueased In value as a rocreOitional rc,oun:e_ Com-
<br />promise is the only way Ihe stale's ri\'ers ~n he vicwt-d
<br />to accommodate those conflichng need!>.
<br />Brown knew the Poudre bill would be doonwtJ to Ihe
<br />same fate as lasl year's koglslation ullklO!> ilt' dralll-'t\ a
<br />delicate compromise. lie sllt:ccedcd " the !.JIll IS p<ls!>t'll,
<br />the I'oudr(' would be Ih(' IIrst "Wild amI M.t'nic" TLVt'r 10
<br />be designated in Colorado. Il is hoped Ihal Cunl'.H'SS -:
<br />and the various lobbyist groups - see tl",' ttl'nwllllu\!!>
<br />value of Hrown'slcgi!>lalion, and Ihat it bt:CUIIIl'S law.
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