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<br />DenverPost.com - LOCAL NEWS <br /> <br />sandbars for willotand backwaters for endangered <br />fish. <br /> <br />SIjARCH <br />..'~ SITE SEARCH: <br />I <br /> <br />. Enter 5ea-ch term, <br />hit enter key <br />. Clickherefor <br />ad.....-cnced search <br /> <br />'.'~D ~I:An,..u. <br />...............-..."'"1. <br /> <br />...~ Go,>sle <br /> <br />C}NrWS-l...com <br /> <br /> <br />"This is a park that was initially created to protect <br />the roar of the river," said Melinda Kassen, an <br />attorney for one of the plaintiffs, Trout Unlimited. <br />"What they filed for is a whisper," <br /> <br />CD <br /> <br />Colorado officials said they, too, are eager to argue <br />the case. <br /> <br />Under the April 2003 settlement, the government <br />agreed to give up a water right that dated to 1933, <br />when the area was set aside, In 1978, a state court <br />ruled that the monument area had a senior right to <br />that of most other users, but the park never <br />solidified its claim to that water, The ruling, however, <br />spurred a flood of objections from user who feared <br />losing the water they had been tapping since the <br />park was created. <br /> <br />The disputed settlement would preserve present-day <br />river management, which has eliminated the big <br />floods that prompted President Hoover to declare the <br />canyon a national monument more than 70 years <br />ago. Congress upgraded it to a national park in <br />1999. <br /> <br />Federal and state officials unsuccessfully tried to <br />cement the deal before a state judge in Montrose, <br />but the judge declined to rule, pending the outcome <br />of the federal case. <br /> <br />I!I RETURN TO TOP <br /> <br />DENVERPos1:com <br /> <br />All contents Copyright 2004 The Denver Post or other copyright holders, All <br />rights reserved. This material may nol be published, broadcast, rewritten or <br />redistributed for any commercial purpose. <br /> <br />Denver Post Ethics Policy <br />Terms of use I Privacy policy <br /> <br />Go to Section <br />I DenverPost.com A to Z ..:1 <br /> <br />Advertising Links <br /> <br />Stueve Helder Siegel LLP . www.llt1gatJon-rasults.com <br />Personal injury and product liability trial lawyers <br /> <br />Baycol Attorneys. www.ssem.com <br />If you've suffered from Baycol. you may be entitled to compensation! <br /> <br />Perry & Haas, L.L.P.. www.penyhaas.com <br />Legal Expertise for Insurance Dispute Law Suits. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />.. Metro briefs <br />.. Kin chamDion victim <br />riQ!la <br />.. Coos seek answers. <br />training <br />- Fewer homeless greater <br />ntid <br />- Court: Cash not OWens' to <br /> <br />-.......... <br />.......... <br /> <br />. Salazar ooposes military <br />~ <br />- Court shrinks oubUc <br />access <br />- Officials celebrate <br />FasTracks' orogress <br />- Soonsor shelves bill for <br />oversiaht <br />- New law shortens oermit <br />process <br />- Regional briefs <br />- Metro briefs <br />- WYo. ex-priest's case <br />uncovers lurid tales <br /> <br />://www.denverpost.com/Stories/O. 1413,36-53-2096913,00.html <br /> <br />002012 <br /> <br />4/22/2004 <br />