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<br /> <br />068;; <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board, died, I{i th JUdge stone's death, <br /> <br />the problems between the East and West Slopes, whicn had been <br />63 <br />to some decree squelched, beg!J.n to surface again. Along <br /> <br />with this problem was the fact that Colorado had no leader in <br />61, <br />their water proble~s which really hurt the cause. <br /> <br />The person who was chosen to replace Judge Stone was <br /> <br />head of tne Colorado \Jater Conservation Board was Ivan Crawford <br />65 <br />a former professor of engineering at the ~niversity of Colorado. <br /> <br />The first hearings on the L"ryinp:pan-Arkansas P2'c)~ ev: <br /> <br />. cc;nu L... ;<::~3 and tn.... East-Vest controvers~:' ~.,;H;; ~n}'ll':t~~J on :tn <br /> <br />these heRrinGs and they were pqrticularl:r upsot OV82' tGO Asp8n <br /> <br />lJoservoir, and also felt adequ8.te studies hfl,d, not been comp18tec1 <br /> <br />and the future water needs of '{estern Color8do. The first report <br /> <br />e;iven to Congress by the Bureau of :leclamation incluued the overe.ll <br /> <br />project plan of the Gunnison-Arkansas Project, which they were <br /> <br /> <br />obligated to make considering the amount of money which had <br /> <br /> <br />reen spent on these studies. The first appearance before the <br /> <br /> <br />COJl!l11ittee of the Interior was not e, pleasant one, especie.lly when <br /> <br />one of Colorado's representatives, wayne Aspinall, was opposed <br /> <br />to the Project as well as California representative ..ho felt <br /> <br />that the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project was an attempt <br /> <br />foot in the door <br /> <br />to [';et a <br />66 <br />for the larger Gunnison-Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />1,3 <br />Christy, p. 49. <br />?'J! <br />r<eise, p. 3, <br />65 <br />Christy, p. 50, <br />66 <br />Ibid., ppo 50, 51. <br />