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<br />~ 16 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />it farther over here to the Fruitland Mesa area and it seems <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />lik~ every drop over hera hasn't b~en used up. I have been up <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />on smith Fork before. and it flows -- well. it seems like it can <br /> <br />4 be augmented to carry more water if necessary. Something less <br /> <br />5 exp~nsive and something that would not cover our land up. Per- <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />haps Little Soap Park Reservoir could be built eliminating two <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />miles of pipeline. eliminating the government having to p~y us <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />Like I say, that I <br />'I <br />S"'l':'ms to be doing as much damage as good, and doing this little I <br />I <br /> <br />for onr la'nd. <br /> <br />There are other projects that the Bureau of <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />r~clamation has done and is considering to do. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />~mount of good. if any, at the cost of hundreds of millions of <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />dollars. UptheUncompah~e River near Ridgway they are going <br /> <br />13 to put some people under water there. I don't know how they <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />f'~el about 1t1 I haven't talked to them. but if I were them I <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />v;ot11d put up a ,bigf,ight.. It's their.: land. it's their <br /> <br />livelih~, <br />I <br />I <br />And <br />, <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />arid they are going to put ~ lot of nice country under water. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />it'o like I say, it's just a pork barrel legislation to provide <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation something <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />to do. Thank you. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />MODERll.TOR: Mr. Bracksieck.. we appreciate you being with <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />11:"1 in presenting your testimony thi8.afternoon. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />I'm going to take the next person out of order because <br /> <br />tllnt T"crnon h:\!'l r0"'twstf!d the opportunity t,o speak baiore 3:00. <br /> <br />!-"r. rhillir> Lalena. <br /> <br />Dr. Bruce nnrtleson was scheduled to 'speak, <br /> <br />but I'm informed that IJ\r. John Tarr. of tho Sierra Club "lill <br />