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<br />-..... . <br /> <br />OJn03fi <br /> <br />~5(" ..0'A"k <br />c~/"''5' <br />-:,.- <br />r//<"4 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />~ <br />rt?y <br /> <br />2- <br />r,t>7 ~.4:/..J./""h <br /> <br />/~/ <br /> <br />r -=======- ~ -------=== ..~ n \1 n <br />~ThepagO~a:~pp~~~-l~ <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />II <br />'I <br />I <br /> <br />Indept:ndent In E\I.'f)thing, ~t"u(ralln NtJlhill~ <br />THURSDAY. OCTOBER U. Iq76 j <br /> <br />"f1ome of Ihe World'" Largesl and Hollesl Mineral Spring" <br /> <br />VUI,lIME 67 - NO, 48 PllogoS3. Springs. Archuleta Count)', C,lorado 81147 <br />, <br /> <br />Piedra tributaries now <br /> <br />Jree}{emptfrom study <br /> <br />Preside", Ford sign~d into law <br />Jcsday th~' bill that will exempt <br /> <br />,C tributaric~ <.If the Piedra from <br />I.' Wild Jnd Scenic River Act, <br /> <br />Ii", nU':lns that the~e tributaries <br />JI no I'-'"Rer be tied up in thaI <br /> <br />r1il.:ular study, allh"ugh the}' <br />II be in the Piedra Area <br />In:lEcmenl !>Iudy. <br /> <br />Congressman Frank E\'ans, <br />third congressional District, <br />introduced a bill into the House of <br />Representatives to delete Ihe <br />tributaries of the Piedra, other <br />th",n those in the Wcminuche <br />Wilderness Area, from the <br />provisions of the Wild and Scenic <br />Ri\'er Act. It W3S passed there. <br />and also passed in the Senate. <br /> <br />With its' signing by the <br />president, the bill now becomes <br />law. Ibis will be of great help to <br />the economy of this community. It <br />...ill permit logging operations 10 <br />Slart much woner in some parts <br />or the Piedra Area. The entire <br />area is being sludied for a <br />managemenl plan, but this will <br />not require the time thai the "''lId <br /> <br />* Pil'dra bill si{.!lIed <br />. .President Ford has signed into law a bill <br />In.,roduced by Congressman Frank Evans that <br />eliminates t~e tributaries 01 the Piedra River, <br />othe~ . than In the wilderness area, from the <br />prOVISions of the Wild and Scenic Riv8r Act. That <br />g~eatl>, red.uC8~ the area Covered by the original <br />awl and Will rre~ some timber for sal"" when <br />needed. ... <br /> <br />and Scenic Ri,"r Act did, <br />Under the provhions of Ihe lv' <br />signed 1>) President Ford all (. <br />the tributaries, olher Ihan tho', <br />i!l the wilderness ar~l!.. ar. <br />excmpted from study for wild all <br />scenic river classificahon. Th <br />main Piedra Ri\'cr, however, wi <br />still be studied for inclUSKIIl int. <br />the wild and scenic nver sfl'-teln. <br />