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f <br />John Taylor of Hinsdale County said he does not believe a WSR designation <br />provides the protections people imagine. He said he doesn't consider the Poudre <br />as "wild and scenic" any more, but he doesn't know what it would have looked <br />like if it hadn't been designated. <br />Ann Oliver said there may be middle ground between the minimum ISF and the <br />FRWR. There are unknowns about future human needs but there are also <br />ecosystem needs that should be considered. The geomorphology of a stream <br />needs to be taken into account along with the future human needs. <br />John Taylor said anyone interested can check out aztrails.org to learn about the <br />protection of Arizona's Verde River, which involved a process similar to this one <br />that began 20 years ago. Local groups are involved in management there. <br />Next meeting: The next meeting of the Hermosa Workgroup will be Tuesday, <br />May 5, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Durango Recreation Center. The group <br />members said they found this format useful for discussing scenarios but did not <br />want to make the meetings longer than two hours. There was a comment that, at <br />that rate, it will take eight months to go through the remainder of the scenarios. <br />Marsha said some of the other scenarios won't take as long to discuss as the <br />WSR designation did. <br />5 <br />