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l, , " 4 ~ 1_ Tilt: IInU~(;O-<UKT!;Z HUl..un-SwL. "hair II. 1m Editorials Where were you when they decided? , They held the flrsl meeting In Durango to dl.st;UlIS lhe Peldra wild river proposal Thurs. my night llndyou .....eren.t there, were you! You had something hellef to do, didn't }"OU! There were only ~ people there. In Pa. go&a Springs about 100 pt'ople had !Shown up the night bdore. but that was expected slnet' the study will arrett ~ple over there mo", than here. But another meeting was held in I;Jt,nver Fnday night and would you ",'ant II) ~t that there weren't more people In aUen- dance th"'re than here? But you were> too tired Thursday night, or there was a softball game or somelh1ng on the Iubtl. and besides It wouldn't make any illf. rerl'n<-e. If you showed up and gave them your opinion no one would pay any attention to It. The burt'llucrata have already made up their mind!! about what 'II going to hap))('n to the Piedra Rlvf'r, ha~'en't they? These meetings are just a matter ot going through the moUons, Since you w('ren't there, maybe you'd Uke to know really what's goLng on. The fore5t 5er' vice has 5tarte<:! holding these hearings and making lhese !tudles on the sullllbUity of the Piedra Rlvt"r tor inclusion In the wtId river S)'IItem.Il'sthelaw,you und(>rstand, tha.tthey haVE" to do 1.hJs. So, over the ne;lll wupl(' at )"'an they wiU be going through a series of 12 steps which will finally lead them to a recom. rnendaUon to the Pr('lIldent II.lId the CongreSll, Thre(' of those stE"pll wUI bE" an t'Hort to get an opinion from you, and It you'lJ ju!lt show up they'U get It. The proCt'5S Is somewhat more p8lnful than a tr1p to thE" dentist, but it work. IlPverthelt"M!. The tlrst step WlUl accomplished lhls wl't'k wlth lhc IhrE"1" public hE"artngs to explain what what was 1I;0lng to happE"n. During the next two )"'ars Ihl'n' will be two more occasions for you to spt'ak your piece. These occaslollll wUl be well publiclud. You will be lmplort'd to come, Ot course this 1s an elltrem..ly inefficient """lIY to do buslnl'lIS. It ",,'ould bt' much E"aslt"r to appoint a land use czar to make the decision. but that Isn't th.. way we do It, Instead, a lot of f.>ffipJ.. will spt'nd a lot of lime over the next two years making a lot of foolish and a lot of lll'nlllblesuKgesUonll. Hut you won't be one of those, wtIl you? You'll have 5Omt'thlng bett..r to do, And wht"n 11'" all OVl'r, the r~omm"ndaUans wlll be mad\' to the presld..nt and his rl'commenda. lions madl' to tht' Congrt'1IS and thl' Congress "ill ha,-e act..d 71wn you'll ha\".. your say. \OU'U vh"rtFiITettedo tliOi:fnOtlilid1n'O\IIlN' a far-out <'nvlronm<,ntalist you'U sa)' It "".lUl a r1po!f and a tra\'..sty of juslln' and If you are an all-out exploiter of natural r...sou:-ces you'll !<aY It w.as a travesty of jusUce, an Invasion of pl"Opt'rty r1ghts, and a lock.up of natural resourc~s. And you'll say ,that tht' s)"st"m just ilm't 'AUrkmg. Hut It IJln't WI' system that Isn't working. It'I.you. But )'our lettt't will be published and )'our !r'!::.':1d.:: amI ct.':l'l" Hke"~!-j:1k!::s: inc.!\'!d:Jal~ wi.!! say you..r.....lght and)V<l'lI:"d f;...-...d...bwt it.. l:Iut )'Ou will not have had any inOut'nct' on the "'('clslon, ",,'UJ you? That ,,'ill ha\'l' b..en ac. t' OOlllrllshed l.~' lhos ft'''' pi.'ople .....~o did tak.. the Urn(> '') turn out. fo or them, hIe s}'stem C:M"!f,l{l,.,l{. ';> o '- Loui~ ~..\'eU -.' '., .....~;~.~.. i.~ '.... , . '~ . ,- ~ c-