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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />to spend a million dollars or more on the Juniper and then shoot it <br />down the river for the lack of a couple hundred thousand dollars so <br />they can finish the feasibility study. I don't quite understand why <br />they approve moneys for some of these irrigation projects, strictly <br />irrigation projects. when we need the power and the water so badly for <br />energy and coal development on the Western Slope. <br /> <br />Right now there are three different outfits mining at least nine million <br />tons of coal per year in Moffat County. Of course. this takes water <br />along with any energy development that we have. I certainly would hope <br />that this board will help us out in keeping the Juniper alive and <br />backing the bill that I am sure will be in the budget this year for a <br />hundred thousand each year for two years to finish the feasibility <br />study on the Lower Yampa. I just hope that the board will help us out <br />on that deal. Other than that. that is all I have, Mr. Chairman. <br />Thank you for the privilege. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Thank you, John. You know you have our support. We are <br />willing to help. but I think we have to get a water vigilante commtttee <br />going. whether it is through the Water Congress or otherwise. I think <br />it is up to your board and your interests over there in the Yampa Valley <br />to get together with others to try and move this off of what I consider <br />a very dead center. So I think it is up to you in working with Larry <br />and the staff and others.interested to really try to get an organization <br />such as we had in the '50's that was successful. I think we have to <br />have a re-educational process and we have to work with new groups that <br />were not involved before. To get their cooperation is a big job. You <br />have our help. <br /> <br />Mr. Sherman: Well, at a meeting the other night in Meeker we set up <br />an organization within the Northwest Colorado Water Council and John <br />Fetcher will bring the board up to date on that a little later. We have <br />a committee appointed from those different counties over there that <br />are certainly going to go to work on this thing and do all we can. I <br />am sure that John is going to bring you up to date on that. I appreciate <br />your statement of help. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton; Fine. Thank you. John. Now who else would like to <br />comment on the report of Dave Crandall? <br /> <br />Mr. Killin: Mr. Chairman. members of the board. at a recent meeting of <br />the National Water Resources Association, I understood the Commissioner <br />of Reclamation to say that the deferrals were approximately half of the <br />congressional additions to the President's budget. I don't know whether <br />anybody else heard that statement or not. but I believe that is generally <br />what the criteria was. <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks: That is correct. that statement has been made. but it is <br />not correct. <br /> <br />Mr. Killin: Sorry I mentioned it! <br />(Laughter) <br /> <br />-26- <br />