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<br />003051 <br /> <br />I <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />\ <br />1 <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />... <br />- <br /> <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />h,... . - nn: DURASGO HF.R..u.D - ThuBday, F~b. S, 1m <br /> <br />Piedra study limited <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />The P1edra WUd and Scenic: River team wW be making ~eOrT- <br />mendaUonJI only on tholM! N'cUonl or the rtvu Ip<eClnU.UY <br />designated by Cong,..l. tor .tudy . It....... announced. <br />San Juan NaUona1 Fornt lupervlsor Oarold D. Westerberg said <br />thoae ",ctlonl lneJude "the Middle Fork and the Ea,t Fork from <br />their ~urcell to their confluence, th..n.::1!' the Piedra to Its junction <br />wtlhColorado Highway lll(l." <br />"0r1g1n&11y, CongreSll had leg1llat~ &ll of the trtbutaTlt'1 and <br />headwaters 01 tht' Piedra on NaUona.l Fonst lands to be stud1Pd." <br />Westerberg a&1d. This Rcbon of the Wild and Scenic Rivera Act <br />wu dropped by Congress last F'a.1I all a result at an amE'ndment <br />lporuored by Congressman Frank E. Evan.s. D-Colo. <br />Evans, 3rd DlstMct rt'prt'Sf'ntatlve in Wa.sh.1nKton. held rnt'f'Ung. <br />10 pagoaa Springs and found N'slstanC't' from lumber lntert>'ts to <br />aU-indu.lve study_ He lhf'n sponsof"f'd lhf' amf'ndmf'nt. <br />Westl'rberg said. "Thf' Forf'lt Sf'nrlc:p lnlf'ndllO follow thf' dJrt!'c:- <br />lion gtven It by Conltf"f'SI ~nd wUI not make any f'f"c:ommendaUofll <br />concerning trtbulaMI'Sor headwate~ that &f"f' not s~c:IfIC&lly mf'n- <br />UOned by the Congrf'Ss." <br />Under the act. Sf'gmenL!l of a nVf'r df'llgnatf'd to be .tudtt'd may <br />be f"f'commended tor Inclusion In tht!' national wild Mvers 'Yltl'm. <br />Nve" and MVf'r lIegments may be ""commendf'd u wild. IIcenlc or <br />recreaUOnal. <br />Certain qualUlcaUOl'ls mwt bO:" md tor f',en .tatu. Wild statu, <br />presen'e' PM.Une statf'S of lhp Mvpr whllt!' rpe""aUonal.tatuI pt'1- <br />rnIlJ1 &Orne man-made dO!'velopmpnL CongN'SI dt!'lprm1nt!'. thp fin&. <br />.tatuI and the bill 11 thpn forwardpd to tht!' President for II~ture. <br />