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moves part of Wilderness metropolis. Another Wog that was in the re- cord was the fact that Club 20 presi. dent and former GOY. John Van- derboo! .aid that hill organization supported the inclusion of the South Canyon of the South Fork in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area under the Johnson bill. What was Dot said was the fact that the stand represented a depar- ture from the stand taken last year by Club 20 whJch then supported the exclusion of the canyon. That was and slill u the stand taken by the Colorado Water Conservation Dis. trlct in Glenwood. The reason Club 20 wanted the canyon excluded last year was that the river district has spent - as of today - just under $190,000 as part of a three-year study permit granted by the Federal Power Commission which licenses hydro- electric projects in the canyon. The district is studying the possi. bility of creating a multi-use reser- voir in the canyon which would not divert water from Western Col. orado, Club 20. under the direction of then president Jerry Goldsmith, a conservative, felt that to exclude the canyon after that much tax money had been collected and spent by the district, would amount to confiscation of the money. Club 20 also felt that national priorities re- quired the development of re- sources, So Club 20 supported the River District position, agreeing that the Meadows area up stream from the canyon should be included in the bill to prel-'ent the diversion of water out of the White River Basin by Rocky Mountain Power Co" which could divert that water if the Meadows were not in the Flat Tops Wilder- ness area. Johnson however felt that the ca. nyon was indeed most suited to wil- derness because of its nature and that a compromise might be reached with the River District within the canyon that would still prevent the diversion from the Meadows, The Rio Blanco Count)-' Commis- sioners apparently felt that there were material benefits as well as environmental benefits to bave the Ri\'er District project (or some - . Hea rl ngs . .uld be beller River District wthetowelinstead serv~ to, throwi~id at the bearinllJ. of testilYlOg as (the canyon, In favorot exdU510~Ut tbat La poUt. But the problem th ther pro- ical: Tbe District~w~r aObout to be jects pending ~oFP'C has to maiD. presented ~, t I bas to appear tam Its conslStdencih (~r the projec:U to fight to tbe ea redibU. that it has !nili,ated. or lose c ity with washin~t3~g that may be. lronic~l1y, one the result o( the come evident ~s 15 the (act that Glenwood h~arlOg5'denC'eofthe un. so far there IS noet delegation that inimity in the sta e ~telcher wants, The Daily Sentinel Monday, April 1. 1975 , f rth down stream, other project> a rt~ Johnson, The andsotheysuPPO mmissioners Gar(leld cou~:~ t~~t partly as III went along WI co~e;l~hich left Club 20 IlInd the Western Colorado Wildern~~s , C mmittee out on so . St~erm,g po. litlcallimb and in the thmg 0 a posiUon 01 martyrs. d Most officials ,not on~ c~n~te It: thlllt the River Dtstnct as 0 'on battle to exclude ,thea~~~h i:~)Wlll but they also sa)' n~ a license to the ~~,~~~1s~r~~tg~a de\'elop its proJect an)'way, d riod for The three-year stu, Y pe, De- the district expires thIS commg ce~~:~d appear therefor that the 20 09!iO