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<br />. <br /> <br />001128 <br /> <br />~ <br />W <br />0' <br />~ <br />" <br /> <br />. " <br /> <br />k <br />~ <br /> <br />CRITICAL ISSUES IN COLORADO <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />RELATING TO <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />"WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL RIVERS <br /> <br />WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS - PROBLEMS AND NEEDS <br /> <br />More than 3,400 miles of Colorado streams have been identified by <br /> <br />various Federal and State agencies as having free-flowing values. <br /> <br />However, none of these rivers have been given protection under <br /> <br />, <br />System does not exist in Colorado. Many, perhaps most, of these <br /> <br />streams are under constant threat of having their flows diverted, <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />I: <br />'I <br />I <br />, <br />: <br /> <br />the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and a State Scenic River <br /> <br />harnessed or their scenic values otherwise impaired or destroyed. <br /> <br />Thes~ growing competitive demands include those for flood control; <br /> <br />power development; industrial, municipal, and irrigation use; and <br /> <br />streamside subdivision. Before the wild or scenic attributes of <br /> <br />these streams are destroyed beyond restoration, decisions must be <br /> <br />'.~. .1 <br />made whether to designate any or all the eligible select rivers or <br /> <br />sections thereof for inclusion in either the national or a comparable <br /> <br />state"wild and scenic rivers system. <br /> <br />By passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Public Law 90-542), <br /> <br />Congress declared it to be National Policy to complement the <br /> <br />existing National Policy of damming, channeling, or otherwise <br /> <br />harnessing and developing appropriate sections of rivers by <br /> <br />j <br />