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<br />, <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />CONGRESSIONAL RECORD <br /> <br />Senate <br /> <br />Sunday, November 19, 1995 <br /> <br />104th Congress 1st Session <br /> <br />141 Cong Rec S 17490 <br /> <br />REFERENCE: Vol. 141 No. 185 <br /> <br />TITLE: STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS <br />TEXT: <br /> <br />By Mr. CAMPBELL: <br /> <br />S. 1424. A bill to redesignate the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National <br />Monument as a national park, to establish the Gunnison Gorge National <br />Conservation Area,- to establish the Curecanti National Recreation Area, to <br />establish the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Complex, and for other <br />purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. <br /> <br />THE BLACK CANYON NATIONAL PARK COMPLEX ACT OF 1996 <br /> <br />Mr. CAMPBELL. Madam President, I introduce a piece of legislation that has <br />been a long time coming; to the State of Colorado and in particular, the western <br />slope of my State, as well as to myself. <br /> <br />Today, I am introducing legislation to create the Black Canyon of the <br />Gunnison National Park Complex. This represents, in my view, an innovative <br />approach to protecting unique natural resources for future generations in the <br />most fiscally responsible manner possible. <br /> <br />Madam President, this legislation does far more than simply create a new <br />national ,park from what is now a national monument on the western slope of <br />Colorado. This legislation establishes a cooperative approach to managing this <br />natural resource and calls for all affected resource management agencies in the <br />area, to play key collaborative roles. <br />. <br /> <br />Madam President, I want to stress that equally important to what this <br />legislation does, is what it does not do: this legislation does not require <br />additional Federal expenditures, it does not require additional land <br />acquisitions, and the collective management approach that this legislation <br />creates does not in any way require, imply, or contemplate an attempt by the <br />Federal Government to usurp State water rights and State water law. <br /> <br />The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture will manage <br />the entire area as it should be managed-as a single, interrelated and <br />inseparable unit, connected by the magnificence of the Gunnison River itself. <br /> <br />Establishment of the complex will afford the Secretaries the opportunity to <br />share both fiscal and human resources in the administration and management of <br />this unique resource. This legislation will eliminate duplicative management <br />operations ;and form a coordinated, streamlined and fiscally responsible <br />management structure. <br /> <br />000882 <br />