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Management and on lower elevation por-
<br />tions of national forests.
<br />Debate about lower elevation, mid-
<br />stream wilderness water is magnified
<br />because most of the areas involved are
<br />and and there is little water to fight over.
<br />Proponents of wilderness and non- wilder-
<br />ness values decry their need for all the rare
<br />water they can acquire.
<br />Those geographical facts, combined
<br />with a long history of key wilderness con-
<br />troversies initiated and settled regarding
<br />Colorado landscapes, suggest Colorado
<br />will very likely be the forum in which this
<br />new wilderness water issue is finally, and
<br />variously, resolved. ❑
<br />About the Author: Steve Smith has been
<br />an advocate for wilderness and public lands
<br />protection in Colorado for 35 years, begin-
<br />ning with his student days at Colorado State
<br />University and including 12 years as Senior
<br />Congressional Assistant to Congressman
<br />David Skaggs. He currently serves as Assistant
<br />Regional Director for The Wilderness Society.
<br />Steve lives in Glenwood Springs, where he
<br />enjoys hiking, bicycling, skiing, river rafting,
<br />and other outdoor explorations when not
<br />working— sometimes while working —on wil-
<br />derness legislation and research.
<br />References
<br />John Fielder, Steve Smith, Seeing Colorado's
<br />Forests for the Trees (Englewood,
<br />Colorado, Westcliffe Publishers, 2003)
<br />Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., The Role of Climate
<br />in Shaping Western Water Institutions,
<br />University of Denver Water Law Review,
<br />Volume 7, Issue, 1, (2003)
<br />Roderick Nash, Wilderness and the American
<br />Mind (New Haven, Connecticut, Yale
<br />University Press, Third Edition, 1982)
<br />Steven C. Schulte, Wayne Aspinall and the
<br />Shaping of the American West (Boulder,
<br />Colorado, University of Colorado
<br />Press, 2002)
<br />Doug Scott, The Enduring Wilderness
<br />(Golden, Colorado, Fulcrum Publishing,
<br />2004)
<br />Wallace Stegner, The Sound of Mountain
<br />Water (Lincoln, Nebraska, Univeristy of
<br />Nebraska Press, 1985)
<br />The Wilderness Society, The Wilderness
<br />Act Handbook (Washington, D.C., The
<br />Wilderness Society, 2004)
<br />Daniel Tyler, Silver Fox of the Rockies,
<br />Delphus E. Carpenter and Western
<br />Water Compacts (Norman, Oklahoma,
<br />University of Oklahoma Press, 2003)
<br />Donald Worster, Rivers of Empire, Water,
<br />Aridity, and the Growth of the American
<br />West (New York, Oxford University
<br />Press, 1985)
<br />Fossil Ridge (31) Sarvis Creek (36) 2000
<br />Greenhorn Mountain (32) Vasquez Peak (37) Black Ridge Canyons (39)
<br />Powderhorn (33) 1999 Spanish Peaks (40)
<br />Ptarmigan Peak (34) Gunnison Gorge (38) 2002
<br />Sangre de Cristo (35) James Peak (41: --
<br />1964
<br />La Ganta
<br />Maroon Bells
<br />Mount Zirkel (3) 'Al
<br />Rawah (4)
<br />it
<br />West Elk (5) _ ...
<br />1975
<br />Flat Tops (6)
<br />Weminuche
<br />'976
<br />Black Canyon
<br />Gunnison (8)
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<br />Eagle's Nest (9)
<br />Great Sand Dunes (10)
<br />Mesa Verde..t.l
<br />Indian
<br />Hunter -Frying Pan (13 ►"
<br />1980
<br />Holy Cross (14)
<br />Lizard Head (15)
<br />Cache la Poudre (16)
<br />Collegiate Peaks (17)
<br />Comanche Peak (18)
<br />Lost Creek (19)
<br />Mount Evans (20)
<br />Aount Massive (21)
<br />lount Sneffels (22)
<br />'eota (23)
<br />1984
<br />aver Summer (24)
<br />Platte River (28)
<br />.Raggeds (25)
<br />1993
<br />outh San Juan (26)
<br />Buffalo Peaks (29)
<br />!compahgre (27)
<br />Byers Peak (30)
<br />Steven C. Schulte, Wayne Aspinall and the
<br />Shaping of the American West (Boulder,
<br />Colorado, University of Colorado
<br />Press, 2002)
<br />Doug Scott, The Enduring Wilderness
<br />(Golden, Colorado, Fulcrum Publishing,
<br />2004)
<br />Wallace Stegner, The Sound of Mountain
<br />Water (Lincoln, Nebraska, Univeristy of
<br />Nebraska Press, 1985)
<br />The Wilderness Society, The Wilderness
<br />Act Handbook (Washington, D.C., The
<br />Wilderness Society, 2004)
<br />Daniel Tyler, Silver Fox of the Rockies,
<br />Delphus E. Carpenter and Western
<br />Water Compacts (Norman, Oklahoma,
<br />University of Oklahoma Press, 2003)
<br />Donald Worster, Rivers of Empire, Water,
<br />Aridity, and the Growth of the American
<br />West (New York, Oxford University
<br />Press, 1985)
<br />Fossil Ridge (31) Sarvis Creek (36) 2000
<br />Greenhorn Mountain (32) Vasquez Peak (37) Black Ridge Canyons (39)
<br />Powderhorn (33) 1999 Spanish Peaks (40)
<br />Ptarmigan Peak (34) Gunnison Gorge (38) 2002
<br />Sangre de Cristo (35) James Peak (41: --
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