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<br />fro,m th~ .olupinall L'nit~ ~"en though the unit
<br />an uke the v..hole river and even thoUJ;h 11$
<br />yidd h;un't been entirdy lpoken for.
<br />Wlut thli.....;U re4ll~' ~bout W:i.S Colorado's
<br />gt~ndiose plms for menD Den,'er.
<br />Ikvdopen ilUide and outside stOl.te govern-
<br />ment hOl.ve long dre:.uIled of diverting the
<br />Gunnuon over the Continenul Divide in i
<br />multi-billion-dollar complex of rese'l'Voin,
<br />pumps mJ pipa, me better to fuel specula-
<br />rive development on rhe Front ROI.nge.
<br />&sical1r, the Bush AdminisU:irion u sacrificing
<br />the propeny of the Amerian people is well
<br />ii.S the neC'l.h o(flih. wildliie and 01. n~tiona.l
<br />park for projeclS thn are onlr gleams in
<br />grecdycyes.
<br />"lkducing me wOI.ter right for the Btack
<br />Canyon of the Gunnuon N~cion.J Puk rUes
<br />the bean oUlofthe park,. u;rsTU's n:ltiona.!
<br />president aIld CEO Curies GOI.uvin. ~lr .....ill
<br />be dt!\"i.Sruing for both the park :J.nd iu fish-
<br />err No one would think of sucking the
<br />Color:J.do River dry just bt:fore it emers the
<br />Grmd Can~'Qn, or puning 01. shopping m.J1 in
<br />the middie of the Genysburg b~rtldield or
<br />allowing the dC"o-dopment of a hud rock
<br />mine OI.t the b:ue of Mount Rushmore. Failing
<br />to protea he.Jthy water flo....'S through the
<br />Black Canyon of the Gunnison NOI.tional
<br />puk-the ......ter th:J.t made the canyon the
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<br />unique resource it is today-is no dinetent. ~
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<br />The :J.bd.icacion of the BlOSh OI.dminis-
<br />{f,uion only begins with the'
<br />Gunnison River. In CJ..1jforniOl. at vit-
<br />nuLly me' moment of the Gunnison givcaWOl.~',
<br />the lOI.5t of Olbout 3.3,000 adult sWnonid.s-
<br />mosuy chinooks, but ilio nedh~ :l.rld
<br />cohos (the la.S! of these luted 01.5 dUe:ltened)-
<br />were tUllllng bell~' up. As Ol result, the chi.
<br />nook run in the Trmity River, :l mOljor
<br />Kl;unOlth uibuwy in California.....'25 down h,'
<br />about 75 percent. The ptevious ~1arch,luving
<br />decided that salmon didn't nwi ....'ater, the
<br />Bush Administration had suppressed the
<br />.....arning:s of its ep,o.'n hiologut.S and allocated
<br />all unpre'cedented portion of the flow to \-J..1-
<br />Icy irrigators. Now Bwh officials ue shrug-
<br />ging off the die-ot1;u just another bad roll in
<br />the no-win cnp gOl.JTle ther play. with
<br />America's fISh and ..ildlife ~ the nakes.
<br />MThere ....ill a.lW:lys be 5<'th.loo beuu.;e .....e
<br />don't 1u'''C :an ultimate Oluiliority on hov.' natun.!
<br />S)'Stems work: James Connaughton. chair.
<br />mall of the \t'hite House Council on
<br />Environmental Quality and the president's
<br />top advisor on en,'ironmenta.l issues,
<br />expla.ined to the press. ~The (rick is to mw'
<br />~ge' risk in a ....*.ly that minimizes alld localizes
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