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51VJ The major issues presented by the Colorado Division of Wildlife were: (1) the minimum pool, in Ruedi Reservoir is inadequate; (2) the minimum bypass flows at the diversion points were inadequate; and (3) the Project's effect on fish and wildlife and the rest of the environment was minimized throughout the environmental statement. . The presentation of the Lake County Soil Conservation District raised the following issues:' (1) no flood control in Project dams and reser- voirs; (2) Project releases have resulted in stream bank erosion and land being covered with ice along 15 miles of Lake Fork; and (3) Project releases have jeopardized bridges and toads. The representative of the newspaper Aspen Today did not raise specific issues but urged concerned organizations and citizens to unite and develop tactics to oppose the proposed water diversion. The represent- ative suggested that maybe the best way to win the battle is coercion by embarrassment. The representative does not mean to embarrass any people of the Bureau but the bureaucratic machine that is overwhelming most of the people. The oral statements of the concerned citizens generally concerned with the issues above and also raised additional issues. Some of these issues include the following: (1) the Bureau has not adequately planned or developed sanitary facilities at Turquoise Lake, Twin Lakes and Clear Creek Reservoir; (2) the Bureau and construction workers have illegally used access roads to create private hunting grounds and poach wildlife; (3) the Bureau has dried up the North Fork of the Fryingpan River causing dust storms; and (4) the Bureau has not adequately pub- licized the Project plan nor the status of the Project. . Five of the oral statements presented at the hearings at Pueblo were presented by persons from Lake County representing themselves as ~fTp.r.TAn l~ndowne~R: Lake County Government~ the Leadville City Government, and Lake County High School. Two of the oral statements were presented by representatives of the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce and the remaining oral statement was presented by the General Manager of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The major issue of the Lake County delegation was that the majority of the citizenry of Lake County preferred that the Mt. Elbert Pipeline alternative be constructed in lieu of the proposed Mt. Elbert Canal. The Lake County Commissioner presented three resolutions passed by the Board of County Commissioners which requested: (1) the Mt. Elbert Pipeline alternative be constructed in lieu of the proposed Mt. Elbert Canal; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation construct a sanitary sewage dis- posal ~ystem for the Twin Lakes area as a part of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project; and (3) the Bureau of Reclamation use extreme care in releasing water from Turquoise Lake into Lake Fork to prevent streambank erosion and damage to adjacent lands. . XI-427