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<br />The 'ndependont . JI1". ":' t'.:'1;;;:'hi::..;' Wyoming, COlor~~~~_o ':. 's,' hand Wildlife.hAs .)1
<br />US. Fish and Wildlife officials illnd Mon.".: Department. ;," ....-', ...., ,.' . l"e~1iC'llOO~e:f?e( shortagiJ;rol~
<br />day lhey have no Inlentlon of addinli',anoth- A basinWIde program IS bemg ~ev~loped tflOW fo~ halJlt3WliJt McC~e'liald lhaGr~~!'
<br />er 417 000 acre-feef of water doWn the Pial' through the agreement to replemsh Plattei'~lcally1arou!1d'i;t~0,000'l0 150,000 acre:fee~"i!il
<br />Ie Riv~r. ,," :' , "'-~", .':;';' , flows for four endangered species '""ileast~e needed.:' " . . ,. ., .~\~"j:~ttiii:;;
<br />"If you go away with one thing lonight, tern, whoop1Og...crane, piping p,~~e(~nd ~' ,M~Cu~ charted 'flge flow~ ~ecessary' ".
<br />know that we will never Jequest an addi- pallet sturg~ort"rl";';!<;;' ~h~~ to Inal!!tain the ~nd. ge :spe~les, Pjui.li!' 1
<br />lional 417,000 acre-feet to oe put down: th,at An addition~113 actMeef or~~le, \llarIY.:d,Urmg F.ebi'\l~, , d.~l!{.ch;;~la .}.,:~;
<br />river," said Bob McCue,who'he'ads.the would be,$enl,do thtl'lflatte~~t~e_ .~.J~e,:1OdO<:l?b~i':~ndl'i~ve,mller.", ,"
<br />Fish and Wildlife pffice in Denver,l~'A. i, Lexmgton'~nd,Cha an.ftddll\9ham~fi ", W,~ll mea~1!~~,vg~~!es;.,~nd h.?b1;.,..~.:
<br />McCue and 'several' othpr:Fish ad' 25,000 to 30,000,8 .res,. . also wciii1~;b . . ~ s ~popsel!l'.!d~dJus~~ttordjngly"he[.q:rl'
<br />. 1. .' .. . ~." . n. . acqUlredta!ld bUllding,io,ooo acres' of nab" d:~,,:!,~~,/lII'!,:~loir~;i~i'I;,,'1i(!~~
<br />Wddllfe offielals addressed ~~aI'ly' 250 pea", tat compJeJl:esis proP!ls.e.d in the 6rstinc ,~ ';;Jim~Lutey~T~IS:;;r.w. ll'hflhe. Fish' anaiW1,
<br />ple,-manyo!themfanner~#iwho~rowd- ment.~~~..'.~."~i,,miiO:~;1Ii4" ildlife'Se1'\1t 'inlDen e~said the pi" ,'c.'
<br />ed Into a conterence roomat~.e,Mld~own_'",/, Wafer'i)rojectsJ6nhijfthreltl$t:at~La .sed'pro' '~S~i~130,OOO actec' :'
<br />Hohday I~n MO,nday mght ~. '11'.' ~, ',..,.:, count:,fo~O,oO!tic~i!.Ifeet/,wilh;tfebi'a:ii,' e.et.: .',... ',: ,~l' t :1'i"
<br />. Th~ dlScusslO.n took place dunng a land releasingjlnorewii!er from:;t,nk!!:~M .; ~ AJt~htq 0 '. i ha ~-,vll! have to&e)', 'J
<br />committee meeting r~r"the;,t~:~tat~ Platt:;; ConaughyJl~~e restcoul~ cilmerro.rtI'!1i (JI{l\'eed,bi1 b~~fal~s'i,tl1ree 'governors,'!k~.
<br />. RIver agreement. , ..' ~ 1.:..... ..!!, ."~' posed wtlt~i'''tonservahon'program~thllt.. "",.r' ..~ ~ .'r" : "" \..;"
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<br />Fro';:" Pa~(;.~" ~{Jt.>' ::. <., will';v~n;UaIlY'help' lli; fish ~~~g';n ;:. "L~-;[';rguedTh~lih' 17, ~
<br />..' LUleysaid.;-~ i' '-<l..: .' ,,', '. ).helowerP!att~, ':' " :", ",~}fe,etshortag~p~po~e~~aif__b
<br />:,': One. farmer asked Lutey'why . '. Monday s diSCUSSIon dl,d nol go.,! FIsh and Wlldhfe.'~a..~~ p.upoa fh ,
<br />'Fish and WiI.dlife 'was forcing Its wi~ ";' \Vithout some h.!ated tensIOn from ,.', tab!,e and will n~er be l8)ie.n ~ff.W ,~
<br />. on farmers' just to protect l!. few "one Kearney fanner who demanded :' t It (the agreemeillll'il~sn,harlt~
<br />~cranes,,' 'II;, ,) .'. '.',~. '.'(~'.(,.~ .that Forrest Leaf, a Colorado hydrol-;;~.1V11l reqUlr~ 417,o~or4al{.:(eI!P~ut \tiii
<br />'.' ~. "We'r "ilst trying '0 ';'e5'olv~' c.ogIs~ be allowed bme ror a rebuttal " also doesn t say If:'#lldiloll}hi!iIe, ~
<br />.. ..~,. . e J , . I, ,'\:, to the Fish and Wildlife officials' pre- '1 Leaf said. "W~'WOilldthJi~:Jiere:' ,
<br />) ,~som,e endangere~ specles_lssue.S :~. sentation. '1<" "" <,> ..... ' ,.f:'c'tonight if they' eren'b'jlla'JIiling' bn..,
<br />'. llhal h~v~ been glllng on for ~t"leas!.,:,,_....., Leaf was one of two speakers at ':i'puttlng more w ter'doWnlhe.river.'~
<br />. ". ;ra~ years". Lutey tesponded.~:J,;":'\'."'last week's groundwater, flooding:t.~.+, Leaf added1harthe~governmei1
<br />: "c,' 'o.:;'cNearly 10,0 pe,op!e, attendmg t~e ..' suhcommittee meeting,':Carroll '~,'Is spending too:mli~!iine Interfer. .
<br />.,.:.,:~gro,undwat.e~noodmgsubcommlt- ': Sheldohof. Kearney, who Is ,I Ne';-,: Ing with fannet'S~-wate~rlghts:";if'~:~;!
<br />i." '. ,;tee s m~etllr(la~t week w~r.e told,. braskans' First board member;' WIth ~< "They never:~ad,l!!e\Vat~r th the"'.
<br />. ,[. : ~a! the pallet ~Iurg, eon do~s hot ~x.. '.)he help of several audience mem., ". past, so why do t.hey'Jieed It n.own" !/i.1
<br />I . .::ISt In the central Platte River.. Fish 'bers' threatened to leave the meet- " he asked. ; ,...~"', . .
<br />\ I "and WildIile:olfi~ials:'were ques-Ing ~nd Itsten~lo Leafs comments In \:~- ' McCue reiternt'eil"l'1i'llie' !rus ra 'to I
<br />, '. .' 'honed Monqay on~belr.ellorts to.' 'a nearby room:' "'. :,'c"" :.. .' ed crowd that the a~mentlspart"~
<br />I( .....,.llve it here. 4!'1f6!:):':-' ,.~:l<t.t' "~I;, <~>" Committei;Co-chait Vernon Nel. .?f a comp.romise:.I!1i"''''!j.~;" ,;~:, ~,
<br />\ .. ~"i> Lutey said the pallet slUrgeon . Bon saId Leaf;was not on the agenda' ." "We either d~ It>!il:'lfway we eM .',
<br />, I ,live, s along th~ I?wer f,latte',1lij,d re<;~. bU.t I~t~r.,allo.wed, !1I~.a, bnef ~eS~~ijall W9rk ,WIth ^Rl1'~. eC Ii ht, t 10 ..
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