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" ,,' " l1igb COU.try News -May IS. J992 c=:> -" -" U' c' <..:> ..':;.LETTER8 WIl.IJEHNESS IS MOllE IMI'UHTANT TIIAN Wi\TEH JUGIITS " " I lC,arIiCN. SlIlce Lori Putler (lieN, 1/17/91) illsisb IhQIIIIl~'iG ItroVlc who da1C to ail- icin: ItlC Sirn3 Clllb I.cg.al Dcfcuse Fill~' (SCUJF) f()( iL~ ~la"d on wildu- IlC$S .....:11<:1 righls be named, I feci it jlf(}I'C:l no< t.lflly 10 :Illmillhat I .am one of II..:m, IXlI alw (U Clll)laiu wtlY. First. ill fcw ....-cuds oWIJ111 my billCk- KIUlRd. I h;,n: WfKIlC(t fl. year, 3'" a CUII- '''lIking byJrolllgi\!. I alsu lived Ie:. 10 yeas IMI pnVCf1Y .....hidi WMlhesi~I-llflColLlac W~M'S maJI~ bailie.'! over waler rigllt:>. pl\~uly .....hUI Slilllohnws si~Il." of Ihe...o. I~c uJ lhal ~1lUUIc. ltuuugiL Ul(..."'C ~Jle- Ik'lX:CS, I bo::....oe inf~.lI)cd 1101 ollly aOOul t!1C ~~1I U'ipCl-1sof Wcstcm war.,- Law,lJUt ;1.1.,) a\lllIll doe Ir.-.:ticall'l1lil:iIl.ins (If StICh L1W.s. which uflCu fall far sflOll (I dlCir tJ~ Ilft::ticaluJlIJlKnlltll$ luhu:o;prol flUIlY yc.arJ a~ a wiWcm,css '.aJ'AalC,. bcgtflCliug klJlg hefme Lhc initial IWilJCfIICSS Dill ...as passed ill 1964. I \, " , , " " , " '" 1..1 , , ''" '-.' " ,', ''" ., " g."-Vl"d as d~YrIll.'1 (J( the wilalc~... CUll. millce of Itc Colora..) (>JX~II Sl~tu: (',.011101 (nuw the CobaJo Envirnnmclllal CounCIl). (cl[:6::ff.(I~: va-;l m3pity of the willa- I~ all:3r; in {hha~I.1uI1 cstdllishaJ and rccuol.lllCfthJ. ~Jltt Ld(_c they were uffi, cbUy audKKiud. My Iccomrneod.lLioll'l IlC.lme.alC IDe dncumenu defining those an:a.'l, and on OCOlSW I still cnue across :!lIne of my woo.ls in dc:su~ns of llQJl- Rul Illuit WOfting lor wildcfncss a:i 5l'lll1l Ni llc:allll.lJ about SO_Of"s cownpaign dcnliUkliug wlldemess wata righlS. J quit because I \.new tlw a, long ZI this i~l.IC R:fnailloo houlging 0\'0' the heal u( wilder- 1lCS! k.gi,J,alinll. my dTorlS and thll5lC of all olhers would be towny fmitles.s.. I iJlTl still w-cti1llg till tt.i:i (:(Jfl(rcr.-c:rs-l' is n::sl;dved so ulllllC:m\I...-ginagain. I know that Ihe SCI.DF ami lhe olher groups who have joillCLI it in tbe w::lIt:r lights effOf! alc sincere in thcir goallO esuttlish mOle wilcial~S. But I know nlually wdl t!l~ they lUe aft Mive in lheir a3sessment of the Jln~lloective effccliveoo;::ss o( the t;\(.lics they arc USUlg. FCK in selc<<ing W3la lights as a llIeans of plese-rviny, wiMcn~s in ilS purest form. Ihey hayc in.advcrtently 3Rllicd the kis.s ollk-..alh l{) lhe IJlOS))(Ct or obtaining any r~1fC wilclcmc1:s at KII. No ,uguUlcnl could possibly havc beer\ raised whkh would engcmJer SO !Ouch ('I'I!OSition III wjl~-s frOJ1\ Ihus.: who woulLl odlcrwise uever lIavc hecome illyolyed. And 1)0 algllnK"fI1 clIulLl havG provided belief ammunition (01 ttlUSC who wish 111 see: wildcnu:.ss dune away witiltllk18cthCf. And 10 wh.a! purpo~'! In spite (\r ""bat Ihe law may say, walt:r rights in wildc-n..css areas are far Jess likely 10 prOiecl dlO'ilC .'lrC"<lS fmm lulel llcvdop. n~1 lh.:ln i.~ the wildeJllcss dr.-.signalt()fl i,sctf. SCLOF lIuy believe thai il n..1S won ;;II bailie with ils court judgment favu-ing w.alcr rigbls. But tl~ fact is tlt.lI slC:h LaCLio aJ1= leadiClg II1llle Ios..~ of lhe wnr. Thi~ IllcllInioglcss "victory" has c:lIlscd the indefinite postponement of any ch.aucc (If furthcr gain_ And evay ye:tr lhal the dday coo(inllc'l, more of Ihc lem:Jining wiltkmcs.<; will be \\rhit. lied away by inm.8lh from Ii.mbo- jntn. c..'l.ts. mining Ppel3ItoU.'l and l1Iol0rl/.ed vehtcle lL'a:S, While holdillg ilself lip 3S the consummate champion of wilder- ness, SCLOF ha:'i uawitlingly bt~COT1tt the grc.'1llest 8.1ly of wiklcmess Ol'pOJICIIU inslcad. It i, linle fot illO conduct a fn.icw of die rcsul1s. and f)(lt jlL~1 the illlcnl. of its sll.)ler,y. ",rill lhen cithrr rcvasc lIS stand ~ elsc sunply get uUl 01 the way su Ihal Ihosc of u:i who rc1IlIy wanl wildcme~'1 - and rt:IlUy know ho.... (II g.eI il-C3flJe,'itlmc~KU wIKk. JMIlt$ R. (jU.")lb~1 Patlllia. C"lnrado :>:: }5: o " it ' v , ~ ~,~ 2"1 .- ,^