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<br />PROPOSAL FOR <br /> <br />SOUTH PLATTE PROTECTION PLAN <br /> <br />The undersigned submit this Proposal to the US Forest Service on behalf of those who have <br />attached endorsements or who will submit endorsements. This Proposal represents a <br />response to the invitation from the Forest Service to submit more details to explain what <br />would be included in Alternative A2 as described in the Forest Service Draft Legislative EIS <br />("LEIS") dated March 1997, We are asking the Forest Service to consider the South Platte <br />Protection Plan as an expanded description of Alternative A2, and urge a supplemental <br />environmental analysis of this alternative to wild and scenic designation, <br /> <br />The Proposal reflects the contributions and views of a wide range of "stakeholders", <br />including recreation users, local governments, environmental interests, state agencies, water <br />suppliers, and basin residents. Although these interests (listed at the end of this proposal) <br />have participated openly and contributed to this document, none should be assumed to have <br />recommended or preferred this alternative to designation unless they have submitted a <br />specific endorsement of the South Platte Protection Plan, The process has striven to <br />incorporate the interests and ideas of all of these groups as they relate to protection and <br />enhancement of the values identified on certain parts of the South Platte River and its North <br />Fork, <br /> <br />Throughout the process, it has been clearly understood between the participating parties <br />that the South Platte Protection Plan was being drafted to provide further definition to <br />Alternative A2, an alternative in lieu of designation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. It <br />has also been understood, and is reiterated here, that the commitments to proceed with this <br />Proposal by local government endorsers is contingent upon the selection by USFS of <br />Alternative A2 and rejection by the USFS of designation pursuant to the Wild and Scenic <br />Rivers Act. <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />The South Platte Protection Plan proposal consists of this primary document with the <br />following attachments: <br />. Attachment A <br />. Attachment B <br />. Attachment C <br />. Attachment D <br />. Attachment E <br />. Attachment F , <br /> <br />ORV Protection Summary <br />Streamflow Management Plan <br />Recreation, Wildlife & Scenery Report <br />Endowment Plan <br />Watershed Management <br />Denver's South Platte Right-of-Way <br /> <br />All of the above, taken in their entirety, constitute the South Platte Protection Plan, <br />