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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AUG-26-98 WED 10:48 AM <br /> <br />FAX NO, <br /> <br />August 18,1998 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />This is a serious matter, The priorities of our state and federal government policy makers must <br />be reordered to deal with the emergency Colorado fanners and ranchers are now experiencing, <br /> <br />The Platte River Basin Agricultural Alliance held a press conference in Kearney, Nebraska last <br />week to air our concerns and plans for action. We are hopeful you will be able to use your <br />influence in the United States Senate to bring more public attention to this destructive process <br />and assist us in achieving greater representation for agricultural interests in the Platte River <br />Basin, Further, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with your staff, or preferably with <br />you directly should your schedule allow, some time in the next two or three months, This <br />meeting would provide some time to cover this critical issue in more detail. In particular, we <br />would like to discuss the possit-ility of working towards the development of 3l,1 appropriations <br />rider which would prevent enforcement actions under the Endangered Species Act from <br />conflicting, directly or indirectly, with states' water laws, existing rights or state primacy over <br />water allocation and control. <br /> <br />Respectfully, <br /> <br />..f?j/i;/4/dL___. <br /> <br />Robert W. Walker <br />President, CCWCD <br />Board Member, PRBAA <br /> <br />RWW/cw <br /> <br />"< <br /> <br />0f <br /> <br />p, 04 <br /> <br />, <br />