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<br />Eagle County team runs through' mud-slide drills
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<br />VAIL. - Emefgl.'llC)' ofndaJs Uostf'd their re-
<br />lIJIOllM" Wt'dne!lday 10 potenUaUy dmastroUI
<br />mudslliWIln F..agIe Count)' - e\tl'n lUI Vail. the t'OWl-
<br />ty'alargl"sttown.l'OntillUelItodebatedl'Vt'lllpment
<br />pobC1l'slouUdewnes.
<br />Amon!,: ofrlctalll at LM l.'meJ1;PnC)'-rellpOTUil! ex-
<br />.-rcL'It', VaU., lnde<ulon over long-.deJ.ayed hlurd
<br />zont'n>gulaUons. In tht-'face of wltatC'OUldbK'ome
<br />Iht> state', wont~er mud 8llde. raised aga1ll UW
<br />qUl'SllOll.,of lhfo W\!dom and aafl'ty 01 moWltainde-
<br />vl'lopmt'nt,
<br />"Pf'OPle5et'lhe bt'llItyol the rnOllntalnBand
<br />want to build. wlltlout U'Ilnking 01 thedangl'ra," said
<br />BiUStsntun,l1oodwl'llroldlito!ofthealaleWal-er
<br />CotLwrvallon Board. "TIley don't WMt to lhInk
<br />aboutthe8r problerNI_but Ulat',why we're here
<br />today:'
<br />Gn'enllf'1I1jnstradof 1l00M'$
<br />"When I looltaround thlsvaJley," IUd John Raid.
<br />dJrt"Cto(ottileColor-adoGeo1oglcalSlIl'Vl'y."I_
<br />JolSolplart>awht-rellwouldhav",oo.nwisl'toput
<br />parksorgJ'ffnllt'llaln....teadolhou..'IH:.
<br />Stanton, Rold and other mtmoon of fedl'raJ.
<br />Sl.lIte and loea.I a1':rndes mgt'd I "tablrtopdrtU" or
<br />rl"!lpOrn;eslofallu~oI.runort,wlf'.kf,nedslopeat
<br />Meadow Mountal.n.lll'-U' Inttonrtate1O and U.S. 24.
<br />There and It WltlKby CtHk. I mile Wl'!;t on 1.7G,
<br />state KooloKlSll have ldenuRfd potential mud slides
<br />'uhlYJItrthantJwoollC!whlchCllU.wdtlOOm1lllonln
<br />damIlKl'atThlstle.Utah,tnle83,
<br />WOI1lI-calle lICenartos for bolb 5l1de8 lilY a waU of
<br />mud, contll.U1InghlJllltredll(llacrelofllpbn&,could
<br />co"'l'rolll'ot OOlhluihwI)'IanlltbC' RIo GrandI' a.
<br />Wt'stem Rallroadtrackll.lJ'Inoak'nnell'byholOOng
<br />and dam the Elp RI...er, baclOnlwlter up to lhe
<br />norUlern edge of MllIlurn. 1ben Uw dam could
<br />break. nood1ng parts of Minium. A...on and West
<br />Vall.
<br />"1'l1a Is not a plP-In-t'"'.:1Sky ~~!'- ft ~~.~!~
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<br />slide mnes. HelV} opposll1on Ilu ('Orne from Real-
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