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this time schedule throughout the United States, Secretary Andrus announced a ninety-day extension of this time schedule. At a later date, he announced that the ninety days would expire on September 15, 1977. Under the calculation made by Mr. Andrus, ninety days was actually only about twenty-one days. This strange calculation of time was pointedly criticized by Senator Hart and others. We are now advised that Secretary Andrus has now recomputed ninety days and has discovered that ninety days from August 20, 1977, falls on November 20, 1977. Therefore, if one can believe anything coming out of Washington these days, the deadline for submitting comments is November 20, 1977. Using this new time schedule, it is requested that any recommendations concerning the response of the State of Colorado to the issue and option papers be submitted to the Colorado Water Conservation Board not later than October 15, 1977, Material on each of the other issue areas will be mailed to all interested parties shortly. As an interesting sidelight to the whole problem of federal participation in water resource development, a recent release from the National Wildlife Federation is enclosed herewith. It is somewhat amusing to note that the President was severely criticized in this release for his failure to stop all water resource development in the United States, Perhaps the President may learn what most of us learned long ago; and that is that fanaticism is devoid of either reason or moderation. Although I have been a long time member of the National Wildlife Federation, the constantly narrowing views of its directors are too much for me. The principal architect of the National Wildlife Federation policy is Mr. Tom Kimball, former director of the Colorado Game and Fish Department. FLS:mm Enclosures ~~~~\ ~~9_ Memorandum -2- August 24, 1977