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c+- 1_" J f , - 2 - r~1 ;::. Discussion was also held on the possibilities of as~ing our Congres- ~ sional delegation to intervene or to see~ an exception by ,the Secretary of the Interior; but these actions were deemed very unli~ely answers to success. During the period August 22 to September 23, being out of the ~ country, I did not attend any meetings. Several meetings were held during that interim. Apparently they were mostly for the purpose of developing strategies for the appropriation by the Congress of construc- tion funds for the Animas-LaPlata Project (A-LP) and for persuading the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) to influence the F&WS to change its jeopardy ... no-alternative biological opinion. Also,dis,c.ussions were he.ld.l'Iith New #Cexico directed toward preparing a joint "reasonable and prudent" alternative that might be acceptable to USBR and F&WS. These efforts did not succeed. :~~ , '. ",' " ;-., On September 26 a meeting was scheduled to be held in Farmington, New Mexico, for the purpose of allowing a few technical and legal partici-' pants to develop a revised proposal for a "reasonable and prudent" alter- native to be presented to the USBR and F&WS by Colorado and New Mexico. Sam ~a~nes, Ray Kogovse~, Chris Mulic~, Scott McElroy, Dan Israel, Lois Witte, and I attended this meeting. Word of the meeting was publicized in ~armington and a room full of citizens attended the meeting. They were opponents of construction of the A-LP who claimed that they had never been informed about meetings, had never been consulted about the A-LP; and they wanted to be heard. The anticipated wor~ing session beca&e a public hearing under the chairmanship of Mr. Al Utton, Chair- man of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. Without naming the indivi~uals, about eight of whom voiced their opinions, their objec- tions during the morning session to the A-LP can be partially described as follows: .,r:,,' .~ .' -~ (~; ;i