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<br />. , <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />substitution of water from one source to another so long as <br />others are not injured (see figure 4). Substitution of water <br />is of prime importance in this analysis. Another example is <br />where a junior user upstream on the Colorado River could <br />substitute water from Green Mountain Reservoir, a branch far <br /> <br />downstream. <br /> <br />History--The Denver Water Board has a long history of non- <br /> <br /> <br />cooperation and even hostility with west slope interests. <br /> <br /> <br />"The early 1950's were most inhospitable to Metro <br /> <br /> <br />Denver....The idea of a Blue River project was not new; <br /> <br /> <br />Denver had long incurred the wrath of the western slope by <br /> <br /> <br />casting its eyes forlornly on those waters" (Pokorney, 1982, <br /> <br /> <br />p. 72). A drought from 1954-1956 prompted Denver mayoral <br /> <br /> <br />candidate Nicholson to pledge "I will get you water" <br /> <br /> <br />(Pokorney, 1982, p. 72) In 1956, the Water Board filed <br /> <br /> <br />claims for water on the Piney River and Eagle River, in the <br /> <br /> <br />vicinity of what is presently Vail. In 1971, the DWB filed <br /> <br /> <br />additional claims on Eagle River-Colorado River waters. <br /> <br /> <br />(Pokorney, 1982, p. <br /> <br />Total anticipated volume is 256,000 AF. <br />..';;, <br /> <br />74-75 - See Table 1 for project estimates) These actions by <br /> <br />the DWB resulted in legislation, signed by part-time Vail <br /> <br /> <br />resident, President Gerald Ford, to extend the boundaries of <br /> <br /> <br />the Eagles Nest Wilderness area. "The boundaries were <br /> <br /> <br />expanded beyond the Forest Service recommendation merely to <br /> <br /> <br />prevent the DWB from further transmountain water development" <br /> <br /> <br />(Pokorney, 1982, p. 84). "While Colorado Springs is willing <br />