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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />FISCHER, BROWN, HUDDLESON AND GUNN. P. C. <br /> <br />WARO H. FISCHER <br />WILLIAM H. BFtOWN <br />CHAS R. HUDDLESON <br />WILLI"M C. GUNN <br />STEVEN e. RAY <br />DAVID E. DWYER <br />jA,""ES E. RINGENBERG <br />-. THO""''''S METIEA <br />LLIA"" R. FISCHER <br />LU E R. SANT....NGELO.. <br />ST HEN j. .JOUARO <br />RAN LL M. WILLARD <br />LISA CLAY <br /> <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> <br />TENTH FLOOR . FIRST TOWER <br /> <br />MArL.ING ADDRESS <br />POST OFFICE: DRAWER .J <br />FORT COL.LINS, CO aOSZ2 <br /> <br />ZIS WEST OAK STREET <br /> <br />FORT COLLINS, COLORADO eOS21 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE <br />303/48Z-1056 <br /> <br />August 23, 1988 <br /> <br /> <br />RECEW- ""\ <br /> <br />AUG 2.5' <br /> <br />Mari Sansone, Esq. <br />Attorn y General's Office <br />1525 Sh rman Street <br />Third Fl~or <br />Denver, C~ 80203 <br /> <br />COLORAL " c",..i <br />CONSER'".>, ,', ",;,. <br />BOARD " <br /> <br />Dear Marie: <br /> <br />Howard Holme was kind enough to send me a copy of his letter <br />to you dated August 16, 1988. <br /> <br />The point that I have been trying to make is that when <br />Congress chose the words "favorable conditions of water flows,. <br />it was not thinking of sediment transport or vegetation <br />encroachment, or anything else related to channel maintenance. <br />Rather, the words meant that the forests were to be preserved <br />because only their continued existence could assure that,the <br />watersheds would serve aS'a dependable source of water supply to <br />the settlers of the arid West, whether they diverted or stored <br />their water within or without the national forests. <br /> <br />The attempt by the United States to define the words to mean <br />something else must be resisted; and such resistance is our first <br />line of defense. There is no reserved right of channel <br />maintenance. <br /> <br />Yours truly, <br /> <br />~)~ <br /> <br />Ward H. Fischer <br /> <br />WHF:nw <br /> <br />cc: Howard Holme <br />John Carson <br />Robert Trout <br />William MacDonald <br /> <br />whf20l5 <br />