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<br />. ByTheA.Nocale<7P1'es.t that the mllbe -introduced nun.'" 'National Pane. BroWn's 'bk'';~iili1
<br />LOVELA:--ID Rep. Hank day was the result of long oegoua- preserve the over through !.be
<br />Brown. R-Colo.. has llllroduced tions between state and nauonal town of Poudre Park.. ThirtY-<loe
<br />legLSlaUon to designate 75 mtles 01 eO\1fOrunenLal groups and "the nules of the nver would be deSlg-
<br />the Cache La Poudre Ri\"er as Col- northern Colorado water commu- nated as "wild" and +I miles as
<br />'oraeo's first 'Wlld and seewe nver, IUty," . . '''recreational''.. ,.....'; :"~.' t-
<br />;he 5a.ld Fnd.ay. '. "It represents the best spirtt of NoUung m the act would affect
<br />The Cache La Poudre Canyon is compronuse in tenns of the long- exlSting water nghts on the over
<br />the longest seeruc nver canyon on \.enn ilIterest of all of northern Col- or preclude a future water-stonge
<br />the Redoes' Eastern Slope, whlch ondo," Brown sa.u1. ..It preserves . proJect downstream of des1gnaLed
<br />Brown represents Ln Congress. . a umque, scea1c rtver canyon while . plrtlons 01 the rtver, Browo said..
<br />Brown announced the leglSlaUon keepmg open future water storage 'The bill also authortz.esland ac
<br />'._ .... ". at a news conferenct at the offias opUons so Vital to the regton." ,:., quisrt10n trom 'o\ItDi:lg sellen ale
<br />,:,~!.,.\~"::,:v.':) of the Nortbern Colorado Water -Beguuung at the nver's source the designated. poruOD3 of the nv, .'
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<br />Revised Cache La Poudre"biil
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<br />~";:.'....;o:-<:~-:..~~"'BJ JOHN C. ENSSLIN '.' . simi ar measure antr u'-~ y rowo ast year
<br />". . '--..' .. , . "'.. ..... foundered in a House comntittee ~!ter Sierra Club .. -. C'~
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<br />. ". 0 ICia.... Wlthbeld support. _,..;"
<br />Tim Jol\.'\50n. a Sierra Club representative. said the
<br />compromise version elimin.ilted the proposed Indian
<br />Meadows ~rvoir and wu acceptable to the envi.
<br />ronmental group. .
<br />The reservOir, planned for a pristine, upstream
<br />area near Rustic. would have reqwred a road to be re-
<br />routed lbrougb. a wilderness area.
<br />"I think the Simple thing to say is that we all agree
<br />on this bill That', the difference between this year
<br />and last year." Johnson said. . . ~:.':..
<br />....Both s!des said they made major concessioNi duro s:.-;'-<:\..:...."'..:..""!:::...
<br />me the SIX months of negoti.atJons on the bill. ..
<br />" Larry Simpson, manager of the Northern Colorado
<br />W.a~r Conservancy District, said the compromise
<br />WIll mcrea.se lbe costs of any future water projects
<br />along the Poudn!. '_ -.-:r;-" ., ...
<br />~We could have built a better and cheaper 'dam
<br />upstream in some of the narrower reach~ of the
<br />.eanyon:' Simpson s.aid. ....
<br />. Tbe district bols DOt applie-d to build any dams .~~
<br />the Poudre, but It does have long range plans to diver1
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<br />Funds for the purchase of private land would come
<br />from the I...1nd and Water Conservation Trust Fund'
<br />and would req ulre separate legJSlation. Brown said. ~
<br />The bill changes 00 eIlStJng water rights ou the
<br />river .lnd does not authonze any condemnaUOD proce-
<br />dure to acquire land along the nver corridor. '. . .: -' .~, .
<br />It would also name the first 18 miles of the riv~ asl' ::. .
<br />the "Peter H. Dominick Wild River Area" after tbe
<br />late Colorado senator who sponsored a 1973 bIll au.\
<br />thonZlng federal study of 12 Colorado nvers. Includ.
<br />Ing the Poudre. .... ..... .-' .
<br />U the bill i.s p.as.sed, the Poudre would be the first; ,~'''''.:~
<br />"wild .lnd scenic" nver to be d~lgnated In Colorado. ~.'~
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<br />L0VELAND - A bill to designate 15 miles of lbe
<br />Cache La Poudre River as "wild and scenic" h.u the
<br />support from .....ater users and envIronmentalists that
<br />it lacked last year, Rep. Hank Brown, R-COlo.. s.a.id
<br />Friday.
<br />The compromise proposal
<br />would also leave open 1~
<br />",;,,';''':,:'-''. miles of the nver for water
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<br />.;.6lli~~.;.:::,t~;-,::'''' storage and hyd.roelectric
<br />'..~..-';:--f~""':~ProJects.
<br />..:_....:::.,..-:.::.:__' . "It's clearly a victory for
<br />'~;::::'.':~::-~:'::: '.. botb side:s," Brown said ill .
<br />".;,.~~;....~~,>-":,:..,.,.~': telephone press conference '
<br />:~<:>:~',-:":.-' from h1S Wuhington office.
<br />. _:;....~;):..:-:.... "Both come out.. I think, iD a
<br />/":~.1"""7'" '. better situation than they
<br />:..~~'~:.';!l-:' . were in before."
<br />.<....-~':~......... Tbe Cache La Poudre nows
<br />'.:;~:;':' ,-:;,<,-, east across the Colorado
<br />'"y.:'.'. :..~ ,:-~._ . plainS to join the South Platte A. H.n~ Brown
<br />',:-~ .::. .- '.. and was named by early seuJen who buried a cache
<br />.'. ";.:.;.............. of gunpowder along Its benks.
<br />., .>:. c.; :..'~.: The congressman. who is from Greeley, said he was
<br />:..,..:;;.~~..._ optImistic that the measure could be passed by tbe
<br />..'!.,:~.:;-';... ~,o..~';:..t end of thJS year. He saId a subcommittee heanng on
<br />~ ,'~. -:-.;~'~ ....-..:;;.~ the bill is set for OcL 31.
<br />',;:! ". ....'... Beglnnlllg at the fiver's source at Poudre Lake in
<br />Rocky Mount.alD National Park. Brown's bill would
<br />prMerve as wild area 31 l1lIles ot the river', two forks
<br />through the town of Poudre Park. Forty.four miles of
<br />mostly downstream portions would be designated as
<br />"recreational" .
<br />Wild nver ~reas are prot~ted from water storage
<br />projects and are usually lnacre5Slble except by hllting
<br />trails. . .
<br />: ~'.'.:. '_.~-. A recre~tional nver is a less r~trictive designation
<br />':' .,'. -..... -... that .1pphes to flV~1"S "lth road access. shoreline
<br />" . development .lnd some "ater storage- and diven-Ion.
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