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Board Meetings
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7/14/1971
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<br />I~..LO <br /> <br />the neighbors back and forth are each spending <br />thousands of dollars to protect their own land. <br />Columbine doesn't expect to do this anymore. <br />We expect to have that channel to protect <br />Columbine. I don't think Littleton nor any <br />environmental group can stop that. <br /> <br />Now that I have stated that position, I <br />would like to talk to you just a moment about <br />the area south of us. We own no property there <br />and we have no designs on the property, annex- <br />ation, or otherwise. I am not speaking for <br />Columbine now. I am speaking for myself as a <br />geologist. I have studied at the universities <br />for 10 1/2 years. One of my major studies was <br />sedimentation, both marine and continental. <br />In continental we deal with rivers. This is <br />how we interpret the past. I have mapped old <br />river channels that furnish the water, water <br />for many cities. I have mapped and checked old <br />river channels. In the subsurface is found oil <br />and gas for instance, both in Wyoming and Colorado. <br />So I know something about rivers. For the partic- <br />ular river here, I want to explain that the erosion <br />which Mr. Sparks refers to is not vertical erosion. <br />This river is not getting deeper all the time. <br />This river is in a more mature stage of develop- <br />ment and is cutting and filling. It erodes <br />laterally. It erodes out on this bend and then <br />deposits the silt and sand over here. It is <br />fluctuating back and forth across this wide <br />valley and it is alive. It is not a dead river <br />at all. And it changes its course constantly. <br />That is why this map is a little out of date. <br />It may be two years old, but it is out of date <br />in some respects. <br /> <br />We were on the river yesterday. I have been <br />up and down the Platte many times, at least twice <br />a week. I cross the Platte River every day of <br />the year. I know its moods and I know how much <br />silt it carries. It is full of silt right now, <br />brown and dirty. <br /> <br />If those who oppose channelization, including <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />
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