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<br />. <br /> <br />r.... ... JA .. 3 <br />U -,,'SD <br /> <br />tremely radicaL Their position is that <br />a free.flo....ing river is a wasted re- <br />.source tas stated in our slate's water <br />lawl. <br />Gregg Hobbs misrepresents lhe <br />facts to achieve his "dam every drop" <br />goal. For example. he claimed that 18 <br />percent of Colorado was "locked up" <br />as ....ilderness. Those of us who have <br />been working for increased .....ilder- <br />ne55 preservation (Quality and quanti- <br />ty> kno..... that. as of today, .f percent <br />of Colorado is protected as wilder. <br />ness. I say '.protected" because the <br />overgrazing by cattle is a threat to <br />....iJderness values. <br />A new threat exists in the new wil- <br />derness bill proposed by Wirth and <br />Bro....n, which excludes water rights <br />for the wilderness, and which is sup.. <br />ported by water developers. It should <br />give the rest of us a lot of concern <br />about the future of wild areas preser- <br />vation, What is ....iJderness \l,ithout <br />free.f1o",;ng waters: <br />I wonder why people think Gregg <br />Hobbs knows what he is talking about <br />when he continually misrepresents <br />the facts while getting paid a lot of <br />money to promote dam building. <br />I think he has a Jot of nerve calling <br />em;ronmentalists a "special inter- <br />est." The pUblic interest is not what <br />he serves, <br /> <br />:\IERRY HAVENS <br />1065 Fairn'ay Court <br /> <br />Dam-every7~rop: <br />crowd is vocal <br /> <br />Editor: th 16th annual wa- <br />On July 21.2~Fro~ Dome to Ditch. <br />ter worksho1d t Western State ~ol- <br />es," was he . anI attended. ha:P.ing <br />lege in Gunmso.. about the pohucal <br />to learn someth~~~ater issues in Col- <br />power struggle <br />orado. clear to me after <br />What becalTle v~bS debate in two <br />hearing Gre~ H . that the water <br />separate sesslOosre lSresent the water .'; <br />attorneys (whOd Je Colorado Water <br />developers). ~. Board (who also rep- <br />"ConservaUon d elopers) are ex- <br />resent the water ev <br />