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<br />-., <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />~a{l. -- <br /> <br />J:=:t. <br />'-.;;::I <br /> <br />€;J <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />PU{tLUJO <br /> <br />He .-,,-~_-\_5~pf )'~/1'76 <br /> <br />Piedra bill to Senate <br /> <br />WASmNGTON _ The House pa.ssed and sent to the Senate <br />M:lnday a nUl .....h.lch. would exempt the tributaries and head- <br />waters (l~ the Piedra Rlvt'f from study und..~ the Wild and Scenic <br />RlversAct. <br />The measure, lntrodu<:l"d by Rep. Frank 10:. Evans. D-Colo., <br />\KllIld nqt exempt the Piedra proper from the act and would not <br />affect the tributaries 1n wilderneu areas the Forest Service Is <br />(UtT'enUy lltud)"1ng. <br />"Sl.udy which incl...ded the trlbt:lartes and headwaters of the <br />Redr-a was the only one of Its klnd in the nallon under the act," <br />Evans said. "I am Interested 1n the Piedra study. but the In. <br />duslon of the tributaries was burdenlng PagOll8 Spr1n~s and Ar- <br />dluleta County," he said. <br />o Evans explained U1e saw mUlln Pago!a Springs ls the chh'f <br />Industry in the area and much of the future tlml)ef cutUllg .....ould <br />m,,,e to come trom the tributaries' area of the Piedra. whlch 15 <br />.1 ~FoM'stServlceland. <br />I .. Archuleta County unemployment I, at nearly tOper cent <br />mow and wou;d rise to more than 11 per cent 11 the saw mllllhut <br />down due to lack or Umber. By exempting the lrlbutartes. people <br />am still ket'p their jobs and sUI; prest'rve the PIt'dTa propt'r," <br />Evans said. <br />Evans says he expt'cts no trouble in the Senate wht"M' the <br />bUl wUl go through a subcommittee who!>e chalrman Is Sen. <br />Aoyd K. Haskell. D-Colo. Also In the bill are the Inclusions of <br />,tw1:l Mvers In Montana. one tn Tenne~, and the study ofono:" III <br />OlnnecUcut. ~: <br />