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<br />READERS FORUM 1... w 'v~' ~/., "
<br />Criticism and support for the Wirth/Brown Wilderness Bill~:
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<br />Rtgarding your fdilortal 01 AlIg, 7, ~n-
<br />Ut]ed "Save our wilderness":
<br />I've lived In Colorado for )6yeal'll aDd
<br />have worked on wUdeMlt:Sl protedlon lor
<br />U 01 tbos.e Yfan. I dl!lllgr~ with tbe
<br />thrustofyouredllorialtbattbeWIrtb/.
<br />BroWIl blll 1ft OpposM only by n.aOOIl.1 en-
<br />vlronmeOlalgroupI,orthalll'ley,ueteU.
<br />Ing loclllml'll1ben whatposilion 10 Lake.
<br />Many af WI In Colondo wbo have wort-
<br />ed lor wllderne.. Prot~tJODlor yean
<br />wanl to improve lhis Il!'gblaUoa bfoe.1lM'
<br />II doesnl adequately protect ",Udemess.
<br />It denies Coloudo wilderness ,reM tbt
<br />"'aterrighltth.lltare~byevety
<br />olher"Udnnnl llru oaUoo_lde, It
<br />Gp.eosd(ltll"llItreamareullkeLbePlfdrll
<br />DearPaIlOllllSprlnplOlOuth",nlernCo.I_
<br />OfadolobeiDgMlC'teddrybYeYeT.Utlnly
<br />water dn'eloper-. And, to add IIlSIIJI 10 In-
<br />jury,ltprotO:'ctlleatbanbalfofthPlalllb
<br />proposedbyaeo.Utlooolover40Colorll_
<br />do-buedgr'lIIf'OOtlIgroujllL
<br />Colorado wlldeme5!lloven ("born polll
<br />sbow\'retuPportedbyamajorltyofColo-
<br />radaris)badlY'll"lnllColondoWildel1le8:ll
<br />bUl We do not 'll"IDt a bad Colorado wlI.
<br />dffoeaablll WewlntadeqU-tle 'creage
<br />toprolectlbeSanaredeCrUtos,s~n1sb
<br />Peats; FO&IJI Ridge Ind olber aru. Idt
<br />OUI of Utls bill; we wanl waUt 10 teep
<br />the:!le lre.&. wet Ind healthy. Anyone con-
<br />'a1dering Utls wue IbouJd tao. tbat moat
<br />ollbe _reu In tbe' Wlrtb/Bro.n bill Ire
<br />currenUy protected bee.use tbey were
<br />m.ade ~WJldemesa Study Arua~ by l,aw In
<br />Jt80,and'lre.uppoll!d 10 bemlnll[ed 10
<br />protedtbelrwlldernesscbarlcterUlltl]
<br />Congress IC14, We1110ae JOme ueu lite
<br />Sand,BeDebtblbeclullnsaw bec:ausepeo-
<br />pie Uke Hant Bt-o,",opP08il!ll wilderness
<br />proteet.lon.nd bee.~ Wlrtb IM'I wUlinl[
<br />to wort hardenoul[h Iop1"Otect u.-m.
<br />"" ~", NORMAN J. MULLEN
<br />. ,I' Boulder
<br />;1;1 000
<br />The be.ad'GIlIIe 'll"UdeITll!Sl Soddy In
<br />Denver(D8mU KlIolfte'. AUll,J lelter)
<br />:1.11, retOrUd 10 the vernacular 01 !be Mid-
<br />lilt 'll"1f torattaclt the honorable con-
<br />~nfrOmCoiofoldooverwlldef116S
<br />egWlUolllnd Wlter.
<br />It Is bizarre thlttbeWlIdemesaSodety
<br />mplJes thai It ~.peata for a ClIUomtl
<br />:ongreuman 10 Colorado, whlle conve--
<br />JentJt~lfIlOrtlll[ the ramp,anl Wille of
<br />'Iter.hlcblJdrtvlnl~Ufornla.'lntl!f'
<br />.t 10 Colorado Wiler. No amounl of WlI-
<br />ernn"Soclety 50phlstry can hide the
<br />let thlt CalilomJl has more dams UUIh
<br />nyotber.tale;che.apwller-prlcingpoli_
<br />;es; I prlclleeor nonpaymenl on rederal
<br />.terproJect&.andlolVarkIOll.ll.uter
<br />,petlte. It.! YlL5t storage radlltles 01 bil-
<br />)m 01 acre-feel Ot."aler are 0011 fll[-
<br />enl of the Imagln.Uon, When water
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<br />from Co]or.lIo nowl to ~Ilfomia, il is
<br />not flowing 10' wUderneu area, It is
<br />flowing to the largesl concrele water de-
<br />U...ery and.tor.ge S)"lem in tlu! world,
<br />Colorado Is not some kind of Third
<br />World colony ofCalirornia,.nd it is out.
<br />ragl"OlL5for the Wild"me!llISocit't)' to,ug.
<br />gesl Colorado i, like Beirul
<br />Rather than attaC'ting the Colorado
<br />delegation, lhe Wilderness Society would
<br />bebelterS(-'t"Vedlorejl'('tthemillinform.
<br />ed and ...ilrloliC' attad of it..'l Oen....,r di.
<br />ret'tor, Darrell Knuffke. whose uS(-' of
<br />mh:edmetaphondoes I>Ot add any posi.
<br />U...econtributionton.'solvinl[thecomplu
<br />water issues facinl[ Colorado. A, a former
<br />Californian no... JIving in Colorado, I find
<br />appalJing Knutfke'. Ittack on three oul.
<br />standing Colorado C'Ongrll!Sllmen,
<br />SHEILA IIAGooD
<br />Lakewnod
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<br />Wildemesa "lthoul. water right? The
<br />Wirth/Brown Wlldemesa Bill '~lfkally
<br />denJe!I a water rlgM to uel5 belnl[desig-
<br />nated 15 wlldernea The senalors say It..'I
<br />OK becallSll! the areas ue protecled from
<br />w.terde...elopmenl WedOl1'lthlnkso,
<br />Groundw.ter could be de...eloped out-
<br />sldea wlldel1l"'5' ando...er time cause the
<br />water table Inside the wlldernellS to be
<br />lowered, .Iowly drying up wetland! and
<br />soJ]..lllectinl[...el[etaUOl1andtbewlldlile
<br />th4t depend on Il Wlthoota waterrigllt.
<br />wUderlll'Slllupporterscouldhl protest in
<br />court, For e.-isling ....ter divr-Tlions in-
<br />side wildernns areu. the senators' bill
<br />allow, for an locrealll! In the amount of
<br />water currenlly being diverled, Stream
<br />flows could be lowered and "'egetatlon
<br />dried up. but sioce the aru wou]dn.thne
<br />a walcrrlghllherewouldbenorecourw
<br />10 slop damage,
<br />l11e Holl.'Ol!, wrucb 11 sensitive 10 strip-
<br />ping fedenl wiJdernl!$J areu of I('gal
<br />protectlon, may not pa.ssa bill that denies
<br />. w.terrighl Tbebillroulddieun]es:s!he
<br />Colorado senators act'ept otberwater Ian.
<br />guage, Tllen. at leut for now. there would
<br />betlOaddlllona]wild~Neutralwa.
<br />terlangJUll[e.neilbergrantin!l:nordeny.
<br />Ing a water right, h;ls been propll5ed, This
<br />lanl[u.age II itteptable toa wide range of
<br />conservation and waler Inll'rest.s. Aooth.
<br />erapproach II ttlat taken by the 196t Wi].
<br />demess Act and the 1980 Colorado Wil.
<br />derheM Bill, Bolh are silenl on wal('r
<br />rlghts-.,i]encewhichhuprolet'led
<br />designaledwildern.essfor27yun
<br />In contra,t. Brown.s and Wirth'sout.
<br />right d..nial of a waler rigbt leaves the
<br />area. vulnerable to IUler.de...elopment
<br />scht-mu. Coloradans wanl a wildernl!5s
<br />biIJwhirhprotec:tslhelletwortolsurfaC'l!
<br />and undforground..atersvita]tolhewil_
<br />del"lll!Sll eeology The qlK'$lion i.~. are the
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<br />Wh~t's wrong is schools don 'I own newsp1pe"
<br />;'.c..:P..K.l...ii\~,',~A-,
<br />What', '1(trifJI wlib our acbools1 Whar.
<br />'Ong 'iJ' Uwi1.tdon't: OWII ntWspapel'! 10
<br />l)-~u1d,N!pyto'.ttawlnduntnJths
<br />:h It .domlllllted the Aug. 11 Penpec.
<br />e.ll!ctlon;CertalniythiJletlertotbe
<br />to~,cafJ't do the Job .inao, e...en It ills
<br />oled;,\t.WOD'Im,atetbeflVf1tpal[es(1I
<br />Ibepirt.truths'lnd mlsrepresenta.
<br />ubyfo"ler'ndKnJghtllltbeirad...o-
<br />yofllChool...outbeN) ,nd It won'l get
<br />~.ctJon 01 the .pace!bey so m!!used.
<br />ampleloftb~rnon".enslcalpropagan-
<br />(I)fowleTcIalmtpeople"tnowbome--
<br />"",U~..I.t".ol_""_.,_,,,.P'n"_"
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<br />education In'''merlcacou]d nposelhb
<br />untruth In 1l!S! tluin h;lll the space Tile
<br />POIt ga...e to these two men.
<br />And even if it were true, are we then 10
<br />ad...ocateturnlnK prisons o...er to crlml-
<br />nals, 'nd turning la" enf oIT't'ment o...er to
<br />pri"'atearml~bec.llJ:Se bolhwould.'save
<br />billions.:
<br />Muthof AIKnili:hl'.lrtlC]eUllCrltkally
<br />present.! propaganda tbe Roman Catholic
<br />bishops M...e bl!l!nspreading for o\'era
<br />centuT). -propal[anda designed 10 hide
<br />the fact tMt the Catho]ic Church never
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<br />,enalon 100 entrenched 10 gel u. thatrtilJ
<br />blJJ1 Are !be lenaton willing 10 .ct'ep('1ll<
<br />siJenceorneulrallanguageon.a~andlR?~
<br />mo...e the bill through Congress? Or a~'.
<br />lhey wHUng to lei the bill die beeall!l!ot'-.
<br />lheir illlislance on denying wildernl!lll'~';
<br />..aterright..'l? lit"'
<br />ANNE VICKERY. CoIl!l!t"Vation Dirf'CtOr'''''
<br />GLtNN PORZAK, WlIdernl!S'l CbalrOt,
<br />Colorado MountainCluti'j,
<br />o.en...er""
<br />ODD ~I'
<br />Thislsinre!lponsetoyourAul[,7edil.o-:oI1
<br />rial. "Sa...e our wUdl'mess." Ail a n.li...e'':'
<br />Coloradan, I heen worting 10 create a'~'
<br />Colorado WUdelTll!S'l Rill for nearly a d~"(
<br />cadeandh;l...etra...eledh,lC'l!toWashlng.IfoI
<br />ton, D,C., 10 speak before Congress, ...
<br />To ca...e in on the ....atef issue!! at th1Jorr
<br />point in order to l[alO two-thirds or ..hatl'
<br />we wanl wiIJ Jeopardize areas ne.r and~"
<br />dear toOlben intel'e!ltedlnsaVinl[wUder"'.)
<br />1IeS!.1 don't lrunt local Coloradoenviron-.~
<br />mentalgroup5 will l[o.lonl[with this. ....'
<br />Idonot.d...oc.tetllllnl[lhebJlI.U"
<br />shouldbcimprovedSOthalludotber.
<br />Color'do wlldernl!Sll proponent.! UII ac-~~';
<br />C'l!pt IL In Ihe]OIlK process weba...el[onel'
<br />through to l[et a Colorado Wilderness BiI~O
<br />we ha...e!l!l!n the en...ironment.11 fl'OUpI,r.1>
<br />compromise over and o...er ,again. We":'
<br />hi...e all waited far too long toeilher If,
<br />let this chance for a wilderness bill shp'
<br />away or to 2)'l'Cqlt OIIl!]ast compromise'>
<br />IhatCivesllsasecond'c1,"wjjdefh~1
<br />billandsets.IIUnllct'eptablepreceden\1
<br />for wi]derne" bills pt'ndinll In otheri
<br />states, There Is 110 reason Coloradahlr
<br />,hou]d accept. hill that it Interior to h.
<br />those passed a]readylnAri1:ona. Ne....da:"'"
<br />New Mnjco and Washinl[ton .tates, '"
<br />One reason wilderness protection is .;~
<br />valuable to downstream useI'! 11 tbat 1I'Iv
<br />prolect.! wal..r quality, A C'y.nide l[old!l!
<br />mining operation in Blanca Basin could'
<br />pollule water for all downstream users.'!
<br />Tbe waler riRMs ].ngu;.ge used In the Ar.l:~
<br />lrona. Ne...ada. New Mellen and W.shingt
<br />ton bills protet>ls pri....te waler rights:!
<br />rl'COgnlzesfuluredeyelopmentneedlland'
<br />respet't! slate ]a". Thai laoRual[e in ~),l.
<br />Colorado Wildeme:ss Bill will do the 5imf'"
<br />thlng,lt..illnolthreatenanyp~nlwa;r
<br />In user becau.se all wilderness w.tet'C'~
<br />rights would be established as rigbt..'ljg.otl.
<br />nJorlo all uiltinl[waterriltbt.s. JI'
<br />The present WirUt/Brown Wilderness<r.rt
<br />Bill coan be improved 10 ioclude the SpanJJl
<br />Ish Peals and to illdude water langyag,el
<br />thatillatteptable.]tcanbepaS!<edthis"'"
<br />year. and It can be done Ilia mannertbat-'l'!
<br />doesn.tlea...elllhan[i:inl[ourheadsaoo.!
<br />feeUnltguilty that we ha...e compromised':S'
<br />away what we ha...e ~ghl to protect. d
<br />ROSALYN McCAIN""
<br />RedWin("
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<br />Aboninos kill people" m'
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<br />lue...el')' bil[lierequirrslotsand 10000hv
<br />little ones 10 co...er for It. it folio'll", tha,,~
<br />abortion rights, a real mOll!ler,sboulcf
<br />need many twists and pervenloll! of lall-'~"
<br />guage Uke itsell to survi...e, JlI5t look al~"
<br />Whalmustbebornebyt~wbocallnot.!
<br />bring Ibemselv('slo admIt th;lt e...err'f
<br />abortiOl1klllsahumaobcllll[, .;
<br />In one.enleoce. TimemOilluil'll! goes'l:1
<br />from calling a human ft'tlll a child tola.~ I
<br />beJingilapregnaocy.Twmy. :!
<br />A Sunday Post editorial called tbe
<br />Wlcrullrl!lK"ueNllhu.i:.and]aw.bre.akin;
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