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<br />Task Force Two looks at controlling water
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<br />LAS ANIMAS - Ta,k Foret
<br />T....o mcmhers Jevclopc.l ao OUI-
<br />line TlIc..uay night in La~ AnImas
<br />10 begin slud)'ingaWJ1Cr-manage.
<br />ment d'~ln(l thaI ,",oukl prole,!
<br />""'Iter ng!ll~ in Ihe In''a ArlolII-
<br />MsVaHcy.
<br />The l:l,k force i\ (ompo~ of
<br />Ihrcc rcprC">l:ntati>'n from CJch of
<br />the Sll soulhca.lcrn Color~do
<br />('ounli". Ta,k Force T",o c'ol.eJ
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<br />Lottery
<br />just ticket
<br />for river
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<br />JJyTR,\CY liAR \10.-';
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<br />S,'llDA The Arkan.:!s
<br />IkaJ"'Jlcr. Rocrcallon ,'rea
<br />C'I"<X'U to Ihh (lUI ~r.1'i mill;,," HI
<br />Cl1lorad,J Lollery rumh {Wef lhe
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<br />r~cnlJyrrom 3lJ,k forccaucm_
<br />bled by former Slale Rep. Elwood
<br />Gillis.
<br />Gillis'Task Foree One explored
<br />altcrn':l1Ivc$ to ~Iling Fort Lyon
<br />C~n~l Co. wain righl~ 10 a com-
<br />pany Ihat planned 10 mo~'e Ihe
<br />wateflolhe Front Ranse.
<br />In the ne~t two weeh. Otero
<br />County BlI~ln('\s De\'elopment
<br />Coordinator Bob K nigh! will lurn
<br />the outline mtoa rcquC1t for pro-
<br />pO\illl from w~ter uperts who
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<br />could produce the fe,uibiJilY StU_
<br />d,.
<br />Task roree members said Iho~
<br />npem most likely will be found
<br />at ellhnColorado Stale Uni'eni_
<br />lyortheUni..enityofColorado.
<br />Otero County CommiSSioner
<br />Raben B:tuserman s.aid the ~ask
<br />force is proposing "management
<br />o(theri\'er."
<br />"AnythIng we do ha~ to benefit
<br />Ilo'ater-rightsowneu.iIlJ of them:'
<br />Jbu~rman \ilid. Th31 group in-
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<br />eludes fanners, municipalitin and
<br />groups using WOller for recre.
<br />atlonalputpOse!.
<br />The outline for the feasibili!y
<br />study contains IJ Jections. The
<br />fiut questIon It pos.cs is whether
<br />single ownership of waler rights
<br />through a management dlstnct is
<br />the best means to pre..enl Willer
<br />rromk:avingthe..alley.
<br />Task force members lalked at
<br />length, but reached no consensus.
<br />i100ut whether parti<:ipation by all
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<br />water users in the lower Arkan.
<br />s.;uwouldbeneccslary.
<br />The group chosen to conduct
<br />the sludy will be D~ke.j to deler.
<br />rnmea management dlstrict"s e.;o.
<br />nomic and en..ioronmental
<br />impact; how sucll a dimicl could
<br />be funded; wllo would govern the
<br />dis1f1ct; and whelher 1\ would
<br />impact the Southeast Colorado
<br />Water Conservancy Dislnct.
<br />Oneo(theespens' inlti..ll lasks,
<br />though, ....ould be to delenmnl:'
<br />how much w;lter is available and
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<br />howmuehiti!wonh.
<br />Nine potential funding sources
<br />ror purcha~ of water wen:: li~led
<br />bv task force membcn. The..
<br />ranS" fr(Jrn revenue bonds tc.
<br />appropnation~ from Congren.
<br />Ta~k Foree memhers agreed
<br />with Lee Ibncock of Rocky Ford
<br />Ihatlhescopeortileproje.;lbee,.
<br />tended ul'nver to Florence. CF&I
<br />di\'eru water ne;if Florence, but
<br />90 percenl of lhal Woter is reo
<br />turned to the ri..ere3st or Puebl"
<br />Reservoir.
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<br />Wilderness bill
<br />a 'dead duck'
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<br />DENVER (AP) _ Congre~,io-
<br />nal bills to set aside 640.000 acres
<br />of Colorado as wilderncss and to
<br />protect the: Black Canyon of the
<br />Gunnl'Klrl are dead ducks bcc3U<;C
<br />en"lronm..rllal sroups won't com.
<br />promi~e. a~~ording to Rcp. Ben
<br />I"ighthor'\CCoImpbell.D.Cclo.
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<br />r-,_~I.~II .. ._~~.._~,... \'.,,1.
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<br />mained Optimistic some: kind (I(
<br />('.,;Iorado wlldenlC", bill Will ~
<br />p.t.'~ed this )'''af
<br />The Colorado wi!dcnlc~, bill
<br />h"~ Ilailed in the: Hou~c 3mid ob.
<br />Je'tion~ !" ils water-rights J.1t';.
<br />gua~,. from Rep. Geo[ge !-f,ller.
<br />D-('~lir., ,hairman of the Houo;.:
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