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<br />..." <br /> <br />I field will bring the whole family out to see. <br /> <br />2 As you have heard, they are around our place all <br />3 seasons. If their grazing had been destroyed, they would hav <br />4 left.. If they had to have the acreage which the project will <br />5 include to live abundantly, they would be there instead of <br />6 in our fields and in our neighbors' fields, as all of our <br />7 neighbors can testify that they are. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />The project will not destroy natural habitat as claim d <br /> <br />9 by many. <br /> <br />All land will not be irrigable, as you can readily <br /> <br />10 tell by the land olassifications, only a portion of it, and <br /> <br />It <br /> <br />the rest will be left in its natural state. <br /> <br />The deer will <br /> <br />12 continue to abound in and around the fields as they do right <br /> <br /> <br />13 here on the farms and ranches that have been here for the <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />last fifty years,' and ranchers ,.,ill continue to enjoy their <br /> <br />15 <br />beaut.y and.majesty right along with you vlho are fightinq for <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />the deer's rights. <br />MODERA?'ORI I-1rs.polson, thank you for commenting and <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />, 18 <br />. presenting 'your testimony. It's a pleasure to have a rose <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />appear among all these thorns. <br /> <br /> <br />It1r. John Hawkins, Commissioner of Delta County. <br /> <br /> <br />HR. HAWKINS: Thank you. I am John HaWkins, County <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />Cornm.issioner for Delta County, District number two. <br />, <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />I am not a farmer under the Fruitland !-lesa Projeot, <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />but I'm a farmer. I've farmed all of my life. I currently <br /> <br />farm about 200 acres on Redlands Mesa between Hotchkiss and <br />