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<br />108 <br /> <br />The meeting reconvened at 3:40 P. M. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Vice-Chairman Bailey announced that J. H. Smith, Jr., Aspen, <br />Colorado, was present and had some matters to present to the Board. <br /> <br />Mr. Smith stated that it ,ms essential that all realize <br />that there are many other communities within the State that are also <br />growing rapidly. Grand Junction, he said, has grown as much as Denver <br />on a percentage basis. <br /> <br />He presented copies of an article entitled, "What is the <br />Water Battle?" containing excerots from the report of ' the President's <br />Water Resources Policy Co~~ssion, to Board members. The above <br />mentioned article reads as follows: <br /> <br />In order to familiarize interested parties ;Yith <br />problems underlying the dispute over the Fryingpan-Ar],ansas <br />Transmountain Diversion, there follows belovf our questions <br />,vith answers drffi~ from the Report of the President's Water <br />Resources Policy Commission. This report has been used <br />because the Commission has studied the water resources problem <br />of the entire nation on an impartial basis. The conclusions <br />show clearly that water is the most valuable asset of Western <br />Colorado; that there is not a sufficient quantity to meet all <br />demands, and that we are sadly lacking in the information <br />necessary for proper planning. It is our belief that tLis <br />information must be compiled and studied, before the federal <br />taxpayer is a sked to furnish funds for the construction of <br />transmountain diversion systems. <br /> <br />1. Is the water of the Colorado River and its <br />tributaries valuable? <br /> <br />"The priceless value ohater to the people of <br />the West and the extraordinarily difficult problems associated <br />vdth its control and use are nmvhere better exemplified than <br />in the history of the development of the waters of the <br />Colorado ." <br /> <br />2. What is the value of the natural Colorado <br />River Basin as a recreational area? <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"The COlorado Rive Basin constitutes one of <br />the great primitive wildlife and stream fishery areas in <br />the United States. That part of the ~estern Slope of the <br />Continental Divide falling within the upper basin constitutes <br />one of the greatest hunting areas in continental United States. <br />