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<br />r <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />136 State Capitol <br />Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 <br />Phone (303) 866~247' <br /> <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />March 3, 1997 <br /> <br />NEWS ADVISORY <br /> <br />Proposed solutions and ideas for the long-running controversy surrounding <br /> <br />the Animas-La Plata water project in Southwestern Colorado will be discussed and <br /> <br />evaluated at an upcoming meeting that will join federal and state agencies and <br /> <br />proponents and opponents on Thursday, March 6, in Durango, Colo, Lt. Gov, Gail <br /> <br />Schoettler will convene the group in its continuing work. <br /> <br />The meeting will begin at 9 a,m, at the Iron Horse Inn, 5800 Main Ave" <br /> <br />Durango, <br /> <br />The meeting is a follow-up to a Feb, 14 meeting in which Schoettler brought <br /> <br />together representatives of the Southern Ute Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the <br /> <br />U.S, Environmental Protection Agency, the states of Colorado and New Mexico, the <br /> <br />environmental community and other interested parties to work toward finding <br /> <br />solutions to the long-time water rights concerns and issues surrounding this project <br /> <br />The March 6 discussion is one of a series that began with an Oct 9 meeting <br /> <br />convened by GoY. Roy Romer, Schoettler and U.S, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, <br /> <br />The series will continue with an April II meeting in Farmington, N.M, <br /> <br />Jim Carpenter or Matt Sugar, <br />Governor's Press Office, <br />(303) 866-4572 <br />