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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />~ RECE\VEO <br />~rJ JAM 1 7 1995 <br />la wy ef~~~~~ <br /> <br />to provide 'information' <br /> <br />Page 6 . Thursday, December 15, 1994 <br /> <br />Board will all <br /> <br /> <br />Ma 1 B. Vader <br />5ta. Nriter <br /> <br />the endangered species contract. <br />The board took the action <br />after an unexpected and rare <br />executive session at its Monday <br />night meeting. <br />A vague motion, the "infor- <br />mation" could mean the board <br />wants the lawyers to begin <br />researching the ,issue of historic <br /> <br />Board members of the Upper <br />Gunnison River Water <br />Conservancy District gave their <br />lawyers the okay last week to <br />"provide background informa- <br />tio:!" for negotiations leading to <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> . . .. :u . . <br /> : . .. : . . . <br /> . . : .. ... <br />. . . . . . <br />... ... '" . .. <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />fI1Dl-J~~-4:,J S 1--1tJ <br />ct€-.s-I- eD t 4-!-~-z. <br />" , <br />CO <br />C?lo!ado Press <br />ClIppmg Servo <br />1316GlenarmPl""" Ice <br />103-571-5117. r~ o;~;.~.7~~/:;04 <br /> <br /> OfR <br /> SC <br />ASC <br />'r- <br />,I, <br />III <br />,E <br /> ~ - _. <br /> <br />\: >ref <br />\J i)J' <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />use in relation to the contract. It <br />could also mean what some <br />water users refer to as the <br />"promise" made by the Bureau <br />of Reclamation to provide water <br />in the upper basin in exchange <br />for "permission" to build Blue <br />Mesa Reservoi r. <br />Because the meeting was <br />held in secret, no elaboration <br />was available, either by board <br />members or by the board's man- <br />ager, Tyler Martineau, after the <br />meeting. <br />Continuation of the historic <br />uses of water in the upper <br />Gunnison Basin would mean <br />that water rights here won't be <br />turned off by a "call" of down- <br />stream senior water users. <br />Water users in Gunnison <br />County ha\'e been concerned <br />that the water going to.save the <br />four fish near the Colorado- <br />Utah border would have a <br />"domino" effect and take their <br />water. <br />Before Blue Mesa Reservoir <br />was built, the Redlands Canal <br />near Grand Junction and the <br />Gunnison Tunnel placed their <br />calls, often cutting off the water <br />supply for users here. But since <br />that time, the upper basin has <br />been protected from those ~'.dls, <br />and water used to generate <br />pov.:er through Blue Mesa has <br />gone to those two downstream <br />water users. <br />The Bureau has stated that <br />water from generating the <br />power will go to help the <br />endangered fish only - that no <br />other entity may take it and use <br />it - thus opening the fears which <br />many older ranchers lived ",'ith <br />before Blue Mesa \\'as built. <br />"\'v'hat we're really seeking is <br />that nobody (in the Upper <br />Gunnison basin) gets 'called' <br />out," Martineau said after the <br />Dec. 5 meeting. <br />~, <br />See WATER BOARD on Iv <br /> <br />OOO~~3 <br />