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<br />OOJ823 <br /> <br />T eny Stroh - Habitat Restoration Project <br /> <br />Page 1 i <br /> <br />From: <br />To: <br />Date: <br />SubJect: <br /> <br /><gfjtch2000@juno.com> <br /><tstroh@uc.usbr.gov> <br />6127/03 4:27PM <br />. Habnat Restoration Project <br /> <br />Dear Mr Stroh, <br />It has come to our attention recently, by way of my wife's <br />Parents who received your letter and by John Toolen (of the Audubon <br />Society), that our input is requested lor the -Recovery Program- project <br />the Bureau of Reclamation would like to establish for the protection of <br />endangered .bottom feeders. <br />Otdn't they just last summer make us suffer through the <br />stench of decay so they could get rid of anything living in the wate~ of <br />these areas? Or the ones at least that bordered our rands. And now ~r <br />want to breach the dike and let anything and everything back there during <br />the bigh waters? And since we wers here in Winter of 1983, (just after <br />the biggest flood we have ever experienced growing up just next door), <br />and having to sandbag the encroaching waters, from the west, even though <br />it was the next flood year. Then in 1993 & 1994 again watching the waters <br />creeping towards us. You can understand our apprehension as 10 the <br />possibilities. And if you were 10 ~arch a picture taken from the air <br />during those floods I am sure you could see that even if you dike your <br />properties. there would be no protection from waters that would come to <br />us by way of the road path. Anyway. why wouldn't you use the .xisting <br />notch that the f 983 flood devefoped instead of creating another which <br />would pOl us even more at risk during the high waters? But it is our <br />preference that you find an alternative for the waters you need for your <br />project. The canal pemaps? We would consider an alternative project <br />where you woukl get your waters needed from the canal. <br />Whereas, it'& posSible that we are not understanding in full <br />what your proposal is asking, as we do understand it, we can say without <br />reservation that we are NOT in favor of this line of fish protection. <br />We know all creatures have a place and serve a purpose. But, <br />if you could. please explain WHY d1ese fish are so important thai we must <br />protect them at the expense of other fish that are eatable. We understand . <br />. sea_IS play an important part in th6 balanca 01 nature, but Just to . <br />set up one place here and there so they can survive as a species does not <br />seem like the balance we understand. Balance to us means there's a place <br />for every species as a mix. <br />How is it that we are to trust the findings 01 the Bureau of <br />Reclamation's EA when they most certainly have an agenda? <br />. And we would like to request at this time, a copy of the. <br />environment assessment you spoke of in your letter too, Please. <br />Respectful!)' Yours <br />Howard & Grace FItch <br />602 Dike Rd, <br />Grand Jet., CO <br />61503 <br /> <br />2 <br />