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Creation date
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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8210.761.09.D
Description
Colorado River-Federal Agencies-US NPS-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
3/1/2003
Title
2003 Settlement Agreement-Implementation-Water Wrongs-The Federal Government is Giving Away Our Western Rivers
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
News Article/Press Release
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<br /> <br />scouring flows might leil.>'e trout stranded <br />But the puk hil.d iI good mitude il.nd let all <br />hmm know it would be mppy to ",-olk OUt <br />the kJnIu. I: let the dOwnme.1ffi town of <br />De!tiI. knO'o'o' it didn't ....WI to flood the buildings <br />rh.il.t hil.d mwhroomcd in the t100dp!...in since <br />Blue Mesil. Dun sl.med holding b:.J.dr: spring <br />fUn<:Jff m 1 %5. It let: UpStteil..."ll hil.:' grov,l:rs, <br />WoUt h...Jf of ....hom ~ ....';llef nghcs junior to, <br />md merefore subordiIlil.te to, e:.e pil.l'k's, know <br />thilt it h..o..d no ....Uh to CUt mto me!! profiu, <br />After all, me feds !ud not cWmcd my of the <br />wmr Uu.t ....';lS lega.l~{ thM since FOR =b- <br />ushed the monwnem in 1933. The)' expressed <br />iI willingness to work with irrig:.J.rors .1tId to <br />spue them economic hardship. II wouldn't <br />hil.ve bttn difficult. Still, the SUle, irrigators <br />wd dcvdopers due..... iI. IID.sy fit. In Colorulo. <br />a.s d.scwhm: in me West, &den.! resel"'o'cd wilter <br />rights ue considered III il.tuck on SUtes' rights. <br />People who Ii,'!: in New lerst)' md Ciliforniil., <br />for amlp!e, who own me Black. Cmyon of <br />the Gunnison :-.'.Icional Puk.. who love it and <br />thmk God for it, e-.'en though they mig.l-tt <br />never get to it-ue presumed to ruwe no <br />rights. The puk's filing for its coun'il.pproved <br />W'il.tet right prompted 383 sUtements of oppo- <br />sition iIt !>!il.te \'ril.ter Coun. -There is undevd- <br />oped W'il.ter in the Cololil.do B.1.5in,. decWes <br />Rod Kuhuich, dir~or of the Calomio Wil.ter <br />Coruc:l"r.I.tion Boud. -And we don't W2nt to <br />s<< the feden.l government come in ma lil.Y <br />cliI.im to ....';lta t1ut could be u=;! for the bene- <br />fit of people in the stilte of Colomio.- <br /> <br />Al Bushwasmovingintothe\\i'hile <br />Houx the sute began iI. shrill lobbying <br />camp.1.ign in DC, thm p~med the <br />new il.dminisrncion with iI list of demands. <br />Spooked by the yelling.. the Bush teun rolled <br />over, il.nd on September 30, 2001 the Justice <br />Deparun~nt issued iI. ~settlemCllI communica- <br />tion" to disputing puties, llll)puncing mil.t me <br />federal go....emmCllt would; 'fnsure "due me <br />puk's ....';ller right .....ill not imp...a pri\';lre Woller <br />rights WI il.re 5C'nior to the .o\spimJI l'nil; <br />~nsure m...t the pm's w~:et right does noe <br />intertCre ....ith the devdopment of the 60,000 <br />il.Cu.feet of L'ppe: Gunnison ba.sin ....';ller <br />de-.'!:lopmem to which the ,o\spin1J.l L'nil is <br />ilie.i.dy subordiflil.te . . .&and ""-ork ....ith the <br />City of Dclu to devise iI. mcc.lurusm to ensure <br />rhil.t iI flow regi!:1e is de-.'doped dl.l.t ....i11 il.de- <br />qU.lldy prot~ the puk .....iiliout contributing <br />to t100d.ingDdu.." <br />The puk md .16'OCi!.tes of fish, .....ildhfe <br />md nil.t"..m.] processes h..d expected u.! "'...:1:ed <br />not.~;ng less. BL:~, in :1:e r..r.!e d'),...,%:".~:::. <br />lust;ce ...!SO promised m...: iny ....ilte: uke;:j by <br />the pil.rk ""-ould nOI "unpile:: the \-jd.:! oi ....';lter <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />~l.1rc!:. ~~3 <br /> <br />n n ~ ;W '1 <br />
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