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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />to fill that position. So right now we are sho~t a staff meQbcr. We <br />have had several retirements in the past two or three years. We have <br />several more coming up in the future. 'le are losing some of our most <br />experienced people. Some of the people coming in are learning rapidly. <br /> <br />I would also like to introduce Mr. Walter Posey. Will you stand up, <br />Walt. Halt is a consultant to us. He have, as you lmow, in south- <br />western Colorado approximately three hundred million dollars worth <br />of projects authorized and we are having some difficulties. c'Talt is <br />our resident man down there. He lives in Cortez and he works directly <br />with the conservancy districts in that area. <br /> <br />Just today we received copies of the Water and Related Land Resource <br />report on the Dolores River Basin. This is part of our continuing <br />studies with the Soil Conservation Service. The only area of the <br />Colorado River that we have not completed is the San Juan Basin. <br />In about two months, we should have the report on the San Juan Basin, <br />which will complete the Colorado River drainage. This has been a <br />tremendous task as you can see from the information. We are most <br />grateful to the United States Department of Agriculture for its <br />tremendous assistance in this program, ,~ich has taken about fourteen <br />years to complete. <br /> <br />c1e mailed out to the board this morning a digest of the new federal <br />water pollution control law. It is pretty tough. This was prepared <br />by 14r. Billhymer. the legal counsel for the Upper Colorado River <br />Commission. It was sent out to our mailing liBt, the A and B lists. <br />,'Te do have a fe'" extra copies if anyone is interested in reading it. <br /> <br />lye are anticipating another trip to Glen Canyon this September or <br />October if we can raise the money. He will invite members of the Colo- <br />rado legislature and some from Congress. Since our last trip, we <br />have had almost a fifty percent change in the legislature. There is <br />considerable interest in the legislature now about the Rainbow Bridge <br />litigation. I am constantly asked by them what is happening and the <br />new people are wondering what it is all about. <br /> <br />That is all, ~~. Chairman. <br /> <br />~tr. Stapleton: Thank you, Larry. I believe what I said sounded more <br />mysterious than I realized. I have now talked to the two members <br />whom I would like to appoint to work with Larry on the consideration <br />of the future of the board. They have both agreed to serve, Herb <br />Vandemoer and Quincy Cornelius. There is no mystery about that anymore. <br /> <br />-58- <br />