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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />primitive area, we believe was inadvertently omitted from the mileage <br />figure. We have called this to the attention of Senator Dominick and <br />Congressman Johnson. They indicated that they did indeed make an error <br />and they are correcting that error to reflect the true mileage of 22.8 <br />miles. <br /> <br />Senator Moss from Utah has introduced or is about to introduce a bill to <br />include the Utah section, some distance on downstream. The Utah section <br />poses a greater problem in that there are cultivated areas along :'the <br />river for several miles. The river then gets back into the canyon where <br />there is no cultivation. <br /> <br />So the committee feels that this is an area which could be properly <br />included in the wild and scenic rivers system without adversely affecting <br />the water resource development of the state of Colorado. Near the state <br />,line,we have never had any plans to the best of our knowledge to put <br />.in dams or develop any of the lower reaches of that river. <br /> <br />.,ri.' <br /> <br />The committee consisted of board member Dick Williams of Grand Junction <br />and staff members Fred Boydston and Duane Helton. All of them took the <br />trip down the river and Mr. Williams, being an abstractor and a long- <br />time resident of the Grand Junction area, is quite familiar with the <br />area. We would like now to show you some slides of the trip down the <br />river to give you an idea of the area and then we will open it up for <br />any questions and comments. <br /> <br />Duane, are you going to give us a narration on this? <br /> <br />Mr. Helton: Yes, I will briefly. I will just go through this one real <br />fast. This is the beginning of Horsethief Canyon. This is a point <br />approximately south of Lorna. There are several interesting side canyons <br />in Horsethief Canyon. This is the mouth of Rattlesnake Canyon. This <br />is probably the most interesting. This is the mouth of Rattlesnake <br />Canyon on the left, the mouth of Bull Canyon on the right. Now we will <br />go up Rattlesnake Canyon a little ways. This is a natural arch in <br />Rattlesnake Canyon. This is another. <br /> <br />This is the beginning of Ruby Canyon. This is an aerial view of Ruby <br />Canyon. You can see the railroad on the right bank of the river. <br />Typical scenery in Ruby Canyon. This is a segment of the old Ute Indian <br />trail on that cliff. You can see the ladder-like trail up there. This <br />is more scenery in Ruby Canyon. <br /> <br />This is a view from another interesting side canyon, looking back up <br /> <br />-5- <br />