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<br />J.Z'lZ <br /> <br />.MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />rado can agree and unless it is handled <br />in the way in which the motion provides, <br />we can come up with a report with which <br />northeastern Colorado, southeastern Colorado, <br />southwestern Colorado, or Jackson County <br />can disagree. If we have that kind of a <br />report we haven't accomplished much." <br /> <br />"Thank you, Mr. Barnard. The next <br />item on the agenda is the Wilderness legis- <br />lation. In addition to the report by our <br />Director I would like to call on Mr. Glenn <br />Saunders who made a very comprehensive re- <br />port on this to the Water Congress Saturday <br />and will speak on the opposition to this at <br />the National Reclamation Association meeting <br />in Houston next week. I want to call first <br />on the Director to tell us about it and <br />emphasize it again and then we might call for <br />a few remarks from Glenn Saunders." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Gentlemen I don't have much to report <br />on the subject other than what I reported here <br />to the Board in Information Bulletin No.2. <br />I have spent some time attending meetings of <br />people who are interested in this Wilderness <br />legislation. Last week I attended a meeting <br />of the State Cattlemen's Association in <br />Montrose, then I attended a meeting at Mr. <br />Christy's invitation here in Denver of repre- <br />sentatives from most of the reclamation states <br />representing cattle, mining, timber and what <br />have you. <br /> <br />I think we are all in favor of con- <br />servation. We are all in favor of preserv- <br />ing our National forests. The danger in <br />this type of legislation is that it is an <br />emotional thing. The proponents of this <br />legislation attempt to emphasize that they <br />are creating something new. Now these peo- <br />ple who are proposing this legislation are <br />many, many years behind. As a matter of' I <br />fact our National forests were created <br />some fifty or sixty years ago, most of <br />them, and the wilderness areas, and special . <br />use areas, have long been permitted and <br />established by the United States Forest Ser- <br />vice. They are already administering these <br />