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<br />21 <br /> <br />park purposes. They don't belleve there should be.any grazlng <br /> <br /> <br />or any m1ning or any storage of water or anything done "lth <br /> <br />areasot that kind. <br /> <br />The lnterestlng faot of the matter Is that the reoord <br /> <br />shoWs that only about. 50 people in the entire history of that <br /> <br />. . <br />area have ever gotten dOWn and have been "1lling to risk their <br /> <br />necks and go down over the rapids and see that anea.It this . <br /> <br />reservoir 18 oonstruoted, then it 11111 be a beautl.tl1l waterway <br /> <br /> <br />so that the entire public can get up there and enjoy that <br /> <br />scenery. .In other lIOrds, proponents of the storage of the <br /> <br /> <br />"ater belleve we are lmproT1ng thereoreatlonal and scsnlc <br /> <br />values. The reservolr 11111 not cover any part of the area <br />"here the dinosaur rema1ns are found. Aotually when that <br /> <br />D1nosaur National Konument "as f1rstsst up 1t 1ncluded a <br /> <br /> <br />Tery mall area where the remalns of the dlnosaurs were located; <br /> <br /> <br />but later on 1t was inoreased to cover very large areas oTer <br /> <br />that entlre oanon seotion. <br />If we can not store water at the Echo Park 81te, then <br /> <br />It 11111 be neoessary to seek substltute storage.. If that 1s <br /> <br />done,the minlmum amount ot loss throughevaporatlon to the <br /> <br />UpperCo1orado Basln wl11 be 350,000 acre feet. That's a lot <br /> <br /> <br />of water In an area where water Is scarce. In other words, <br /> <br />storage at any other s1te w1ll 1ncrease the losses. <br /> <br />. MR. HUGHES: Is that based upon the Bureau's determlna- <br /> <br />tion, Judge' <br />