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<br />".~iclq;;;~ek."'fi <br />;1 ,. . . limi. '1 I <br />water-use . ...}I;! <br />'.::' <br /> <br />".,,'" <br /> <br />'~.~>T, ....,~. <br /> <br />WATER from Page4Bii,~ <br /> <br />of additional wa~r from the riv~~;l <br />" Bliesner said at Friday's seminar,.j <br />r.. aD..annual: event sponsored by the I <br />,'~~ sOpthwestem Water Conservation. <br />District. ... i <br />,M> acre-foot Is enougb water to. i <br />cover one acre of land to a depth of .1 <br />one foot. ',' .. . ./ <br />: .tTbe future of waler development <br />( ~ region Is tied' in one big knot ~ <br />'. . c!jlaled by the San Juan program, 1 <br />1.,- Cillorado squawfisb, razorback ; <br />r. sucker and their powerful guard. ; <br />. ian, the Endangered Species Act, ! <br />an att~rney for one of the tribes 1 <br />h~ wd. ; <br />.:Jlliesner said that the research r: <br />gtQUP'S numbers could cbange if it : <br />is allowed to alter some of tbe pa. ' <br />rameters constraining its work. .. <br />For example, maximum releases f <br />fr.om Navajo.Dambave been set by ! <br />~ Bureau of Reclamation at.5,OOO I <br />. \ cgbic feet a second. B1iesner said a <br />reiease.at6,OOO cubic feet a second <br />W:'1bld oP!in the fI!'fldgales to con-. <br />\.. . siJ!ei-abIy mon! wsler development' . <br />, %Jhebasln without barming the ; <br />r d.iiIiI - it would just require more r <br />t maintenance. . . ; <br />~arris said tbe flow require. <br />IIl!:Pls for fish, altered slightly, al. <br />SOi would permit more develop. <br />ment. He said be is betting tbe fish , <br />. biy!ogisls won't be able to defend ; <br />, tIte scientific basis for the flows , <br />thllY are now recommending. <br />, <br /> <br />., <br />\\. <br /> <br />-.-. .,.~. .' ~--' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. ". <br />. .PR,OTEqrING TirE. AIR <br />). ' .. _A'," . ~,,',;, ,. ._. <br /> <br /> <br />:: ".~', "f;i,; . ,." "v~~~~~~~~':~r";-'~.'i~_~\':;" _.,__~{ . -'. : ':""'~r{~\3 !. l".~.: Spec!al to The Denver Postl Andrew Counclll <br />'.Dave Christenson.of the. Environmental Protection;, sonous hydrogen sulfide'along the Animas River south <br />Agency and specialist Ray Pierson gather. data Friday.: ,'; of Durango. 'There are three detection units along the <br />from equipment designed to detect seepage of pol. Fruitiand Coal Outcrop, where gas seeps are common. <br /> <br />< <br />