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SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS SEPTEMBER 1999 MODERATOR: WILLIAM SWAN, ATTORNEY/CONSULTANT This is one of those easy panels because we all know that there are no problems on the river in regard to the environment. The topic is the balancing act, the environment and human needs. When Rita first sent out her program, her parenthetical tead, "A look at current and future restoration efforts within the basin and whether those efforts will meet the needs of both humans and the environment." That's no easy task but we have an interesting panel who will try and tackle that subject for you. When I think of this tension between the environ- ment and development needs, or however you want to say that, one person comes to my mind, and that's Morris Udall. In my mind, Morris Udall lived this tension. He was, on the one hand, a very strong environmentalist. I think folks in the environmental community list Morris Udall as one of their past champions. He passed away recently, as you know. o Panelists (left to right): S. Clayton Palmer, western Area Power Association; Pamela Hyde, Glen Canyon Institute; Bob Muth, Us. Fish and Wildlife Service; Thomas Turney, state of New Mexico; Bill Snape, Defenders of Wildlife; Moderator William Swan, Attorney and Consultant; and Bill Rinne, us. Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region. But he was also, if you will recall, the guy who was in Congress leading the charge to build two dams in the Grand Canyon as part of the Central Arizona Project. I think he saw both sides of the struggle. In that regard, I thought it was interesting to bring a book and read a few passages to you this morning. The title of the book is Too Funny 10 Be President, and it was written by Udall after he lost the presi- dency. You may know that he was raised in northern Arizona in the small town of St. John's and he used to say, "I lived a few hundred yards from the Little Colorado River. I played in the river. I drank the river. The river was in my blood." This is a passage from his book about his struggles in Congress. He said, "Deciding whether to support the construction of Marble Canyon and Bridge Canyon dams was one of the most wrenching decisions I faced during 26 years in the Congress.