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<br />READERS' OPINION
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<br />Brown's Poudre bill
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<br />i Eight~nlh Cl"ntury 8riUsh llalesman F...dmund Burke
<br />wrote "All government - indl-ro, every human berK'fIt
<br />Ind enjoyml'fll, every virtue ~nd prudent act - II
<br />lound(."(1 un compromise and barter."
<br />We don't kr...w if U,S nep. lIank Brown, R-Colo., ever
<br />Iludil'd Uurke's writings but it Is apparent that the
<br />Grt'c1..y Ht'publican understands the principles cited 200
<br />y..-llrS <Ij{Cl by the ,wlhlLcal philospher.
<br />I..ut Il.cl'k, Uro....n unvt'i]t"(i his new bill 10 designate 75
<br />milt'S of the Cache 1:1 I'oudre Hiller as "wlld and $Cl'nic."
<br />The proposal also would leave opl'n 71" miles of the river
<br />ror water slorageantl hytlroeleclric proj<<ts.
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<br />compromise. And it should ensure that the bill is passed
<br />r1uring Ihis congressional .se.sion.
<br />Jast year. Brown introduced a similar bill after.
<br />~r;es of public meetings and lengthy research. lie had
<br />skillfully pul together a coalition or locaJ and stale waler
<br />users and environmentalists to support the legislation,
<br />and It appeared lhat the bill would become law.
<br />The prestigious Sierra C1ub, however, stubbornly
<br />rerU.'ied 10 back the bill. TIle nalional organization
<br />Insisled that it CGntaln provisions on stream now.
<br />boundaries and access lhat were unrealistic. The Sierra
<br />Cluh lobbied against the hill, which died in COl1ll1lith.'4!.
<br />, fo'ruslraled by the Sierra Club's unreahstic demands,
<br />Brown wenl back 10 work al creating Iq~islalion that
<br />,,'oultl be acC't'ptable to bolb sides. TIle resull Is his 19R5
<br />bill. Some f>lauoch waler wers may grumble lhallhe bill
<br />is a sellout, and some en...ironmentalisl.s may whine that
<br />il docsn.t include enough wilderness provisions.
<br />11lOse nuises should be ignured, Brown's bill already
<br />has rt'Cci...cd the blessing of spokesmen for rt'gional
<br />water user and' en...irOnment..ll groups. W.O. Farr of
<br />Grel'ley, a Wekl County direclor ror the Norllwrn
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<br />Colorado Water Conservancy District i1nd a n's[K'c1e
<br />expert on waler issues, uid, "II gives us lhe Slnr,l>>
<br />possibilities lor waler users and the river designalions (OJ
<br />theenvironmmtal groups, 1baI's the key," ,
<br />Tim Johnson, a Sierra Club rt'jJrcsentalive, ('l,:hood
<br />Farr's endorsement. "We all agree on Uus bill. ThaI's Ihe
<br />difference between this year and last yur," he said
<br />Ever)' Coloradan knows Olal waler is the mo!Olllr('doU$
<br />commodity in this state, II is the llfeblomJ of agricllllurI',
<br />ind~lry and residential growOl. And as Culura,lo's fo"runt
<br />ltange population cOIltinues to expand, water ab-u has
<br />increased In ...alue as I tt'erealional rc.oun:e COlli'
<br />promise is the only way the slale', rivers can be ...ie.....t"d
<br />toaccommodatelhoseconflictmg needs. ,
<br />Urown knew the Poudre bill would 1Jl' duoll1t'd to IIle
<br />same fale as last year's It'gi!Olahon ulIll'~s hI" drilllt''t! a
<br />delicale comprllmise. lie succl'eded IIlhe llllll:i ll'IS~I'd,
<br />lhe poudrt' woolcl be the first "Wild ancl S("('lIie" riVt'r 10
<br />be designated in Colorado. It is hopt'd Ihal ("on,:rl'ss -
<br />and the ...arious lobbyi!>t groups - see Ihl~ In'llll'utlo\J:i
<br />value of Brown'slt'gislalion, and thalli o..-cOIIIC'!O 1;IW.
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