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<br />. <br />I <br />I c' <br />C) <br />{'''''') <br />I ~ <br />fJ\ <br />~. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Environmental Objectives 1975-1985, 1985-2000. In response to <br />Colorado Senate Joint Resolution Number 23, Governor John A. Love and <br />the Colorado General Assembly appointed the Colorado Environmental <br />Commission in April 1970. This commission was charged with the <br />responsibility to identify and study the environmental problems of the <br />state and to advise the Governor and the General Assembly of the alterna- <br />tive courses of action which may be necessary or advisable to preserve <br />or improve the quality of the environment in the state. At the conclu- <br />sions of the studies, the Commission in 1972 defined several goals or <br />objectives which should be adopted by the state to preserve or improve <br />the environment. These objectives include the following: <br /> <br /> <br />1. Institute, in all three branches of state government, those <br />permanent legal, structural, and financial arrangements required for <br />planning, coordinating, and enforcing the protection, preservation, <br />and enhancement of the quality of the environment. <br /> <br />2. Develop the educational effort and political concensus <br />required for protecting, preserving, and enhancing the quality of the <br />environment. <br /> <br />3. Stabilize and plan the distribution of the future population <br />of Colorado with consideration for the ecological balance, present <br />and future. <br /> <br />4. Achieve integration of state water, land use, environment, <br />and population policies. <br /> <br />5. Create balanced transportation systems within the state. <br /> <br />6. Adopt the principle of recycling in resource use throughout <br />the state. <br /> <br />7. Prevent the loss of the agricultural industry to the state. <br /> <br />8. Determine the wisest use of energy resources of Colorado, <br />from both a state and a national viewpoint. <br /> <br />The Colorado Land Use Commission in its December 1973 report, <br />A Land Use Program for Colorado, adopted land use planning objectives <br />which were grouped into four broad categories in the fields of environ- <br />ment, natural resources, population and economic growth, and social <br />concerns. <br /> <br />Environmental objectives are summarized as follows: <br /> <br />1. Control development to conserve natural environmental <br />amenities, including air and water quality. <br /> <br />15 <br />