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V a nim Utu ri eg'.04 <br />-Z= e FF 706 Z�W <br />r a_, j 9i ZQ'O#h!W r <br />M�r <br />triliS Q.1niggamilienjitr <br />rra. � dr � Ou R_ i V <br />ut E hv CC of <br />gljo)i <br />by Sue McClurg <br />y, <br />ore than 80 years have <br />passed since representatives <br />of the seven Colorado River <br />Basin states crafted a <br />historic compact dividing <br />the river's waters. Following five of the <br />driest years on record since the 1930s <br />Dust Bowl, present -day negotiators <br />recently reached a sweeping new <br />proposed agreement on how to <br />manage the river to reduce the <br />potential for future shortages. <br />The seven -state framework <br />forwarded to Interior Secretary Gale <br />Norton Feb. 3 includes a proposal for <br />coordinated operation of Lake Mead <br />s , <br />" I 4� <br />4&L� " <br />r <br />