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<br />10 THE'COUEGIAN. Monday. Oc1o",", 14. 198', J
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<br />Seventy-five miles of the Cache la Poud~ River .....iIl become Colol'3do'~
<br />til"$l offlcally deslgn,a.ted wild and Kenic "VeT. jf Con&Tns approvC$
<br />legISlation introduced Oct. 10 by Rep. Hank Brown.
<br />Brown spoke to a s.cheduJed press conference in Lo~Jand via phone Fri-
<br />diy after he wu called back 10 Washinglon ThUJ'Sl;Uy evening.
<br />"This legislation is the ~t of lon, negotiltions between UIc northern
<br />Colorado ......ter communny and local and natio~ environmental groups."
<br />Bro....n cR--Pth Dlstnc1J wd. "II represenu the besl: spint of compronus.e
<br />in lerms of lhe long-lenn lI1tCrestS of all northern Colorado. The lIxhvidual$
<br />iovolved should be proud of their conmbution to our future."
<br />Bro....n.$leglslllion IIfOIJ..Id make lhe Poodre pan of the N~tional Wild and
<br />SceniC River System, the system's firsc Colorado river.
<br />If Brown's bill puses, 31 miles wou..ld be desIgnated IS wild. 44 for
<br />recrelflorW use. Seven-Itld-I-hlJ.( miles of nver w1l1 be: left OpeD (at future
<br />dams and other wlter proJCCU. ,
<br />"Wild" riven ue pnxected from wlter stonge projc:cts and an: virtually
<br />inacceuiblc: except: by uaU to rn<I their natural beauty wltb c:uenually UIl-
<br />touched w..zenhcdJ. shorelioes .and unpolluted waten.
<br />"Recre.luonaI" riven I~ tardily accessible. Tbese may have Ihorehne
<br />devc:!opmenl. some wiler stonje and dlvenlortl.
<br />UnJike I sinulu bill inuoduc:ed last yeu. Brown's PmpoW has received
<br />biplnu.ln and mVU'OllmCnw 5U.ppon. All CoI.orado COIl~ion&i ~rnc:n-
<br />~uves have agreed 10 endorse the bill.
<br />Larry Simpson, tnanlJer of the Nonhc:m ColoBdo Water Consc:fYlIlC)'
<br />Dutnct. Soi.ld the d15UlCI has Ioog-range plans 10 us.e the Poudte (or Wltet
<br />stof'l:ge. lbe Grey Mou.aWll and Glade te$CfYOln would use do....Mream I
<br />Wilen below the pl'OlCClcd nVet secuons.
<br />'The: protected.a.rea begw at Poodte We in Rocky Mountain National !
<br />, Puk. the: nvet's souroc:. The: fltU 18 miles an: 10 be named the: Peter H. ~
<br />! Domlfuck Wild River area. aftet me lale Colorado SCIWOl' ....00 sponsored .
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<br />I leg1l1looo luthorizing the INdy o( 12 Colorado nven.
<br />"If puKd. this bUl wou..ld be a historic flnl. for ColoBdo." Brown said.
<br />"It preserves a unique, scenic river canyon whlle li:eepltlg open futU:~ wltet
<br />ibonqe options so vital to this regIOD.".
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<br />Cache la Poudre River
<br />Wild and Scenic Designation
<br />Compromise Proposal .
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