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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />..J <br />. :I., <br />'I', <br /> <br />;" ,,/:,d '~X1i,~~J',:f;; .; :",,~l::~ ;"t,\~;, ,";, .:> <br />'.,~'~'::!';'l_"t'.~.~- r~ :-~:~}. . .' ;/, ":"~- ,1- ;~~_~,:_.,. . <br />'X":,': 1';,; THE DURANGO HERALD'R~' "r 'Ibunday, May 10, 1990 <br /> <br />'.,"""" <br /> <br />i!;;I{li'.~' ""..., '~Mff~~,\~,\;!,~~.;c~'; ".,~~~, " ~{:~'-'-;;;:Jf';'i'n<~~~~"!I!~~~.Nft';" "'\,~" '.'; 'i.!"l,:l,j);', r,,: ;If',;," ,c <br />r...;: ,"/Ii'';:'1'}'.Jt)~;..~:, 'i~ ' ~"~:"i,;*~\,c'\lf.r"Wk'.fl'[mw, S' ~t"r.;'^:'~"t' ~(13';';!.(; <br />~l'~;!';~,~.,~~ :~/:5~;:k.."~~~g,' ~rf)l1~j~" ., a~, .e:, <br /> <br />i'''~,~',.. _. )'I., f.., 'I,.~ .~. " _,~ :.:r:::........ '-_ .. '-l:.f:-", ""- ". . ,'. <br />: :t'.;" ," > "';' .~. \ ~ ~ :;;:~~:. ...,.~~;\~~,~~:'~J; . _I~\:\.. ,": '~'\'~~:~ ~,:~::i?-:._.. -:~~ i-~1~,:;~':~(r;.t~;'~:i''''':~.r':r:..~ .;t .il~~".~ ': ~.J : - ~;;: . . ~-"'i. -..- r: . . - .,~ -- <br />~s' COI:tez: ~Silverto~';Manco~{H~sperus,~;H~rritoSa':Y~lJedtli::\y."?1:.;W~~g~ . A,lli:;'?p ~ Ar~les . pqlo~s . Dove erE <br />~---' .". .. I <br /> <br />'LiiJ~",:"s'ympa~~tic'.to, A-~P <br /> <br />. ,;.. .' .J <br /> <br />Wirth says agency may seek mitigation plan for squawfish <br />. '. .' ~ , <br /> <br />tive," Wirth said., in exchange for giving up their wa- <br />Asked that "very positive" ter claims, Wirth said. <br />meant, Wirth replied, "I got the im- Other Colorado politicians were <br />Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan pression he may have already done scrambling to set up their own <br />is "very sympathetic" to the it." meetings wlth Lujan and other of- <br />Animas-La Plata water project, The Colorado Democrat said he ficials to discuss mitigation. Sup- <br />even though his agency's Fish & and Lujan also talked about the In- porters of the project contend the <br />Wildlife Service has issued a jeo- terior Department's role as trustee ,Fish & Wildlife Service ignored aI- <br />partiyopiniop thai woUld kill the ,for the uie In&iilil'w"Uirnghtsdf 'ternati~es rk~!..!!.ould w,2rk, incluik': <br />. "UDdeoaking.~n.,TJ!ij; ~Ilo' po iiroj~:i ish.GiICilii goverrirneut -:ng;i.djtisiingreleils~frQIn~exiStiRt; <br />\ ' , " Cb!o!."saidweane.dif.:,;.iY::i,.: ',{.could beOliabl~ fo~'heavy damagC!s ,reservoirs,~ compensate~e ' <br />. "",~'4.1'>;wjm'riiayhave aJieady directea, to the tribes because they have been 'water taken by the yet-to-be-built <br />; >':, the agency to do more work on the guaranteed water from the project Animas-LaPlata. ' <br /> <br />\.,,' , ~j:l'~~~~~:I~~::~~:TueS~ay. Wirth <br /> <br />, "': ' ~'The water project, designed to <br />deliver water to ranchers and cities <br />, in southwestern Colorado and <br />northwestern New Mexico and to <br />two Ute Indian tribes, cannot be <br />built because further depletions <br />from the San Juan River Basin <br />would further endanger the Color- <br />ado squawr.sh. <br />Groundbreaking on' the $422 <br />million project had been set for this <br />month, with project supporters be- <br />lieving their decades-long battle <br />for water had been won and a last- <br />, ing agreement signed with the <br />Indians.', " ~~'il .1"<:,; ",'- ,':,; H. <br />Wirth said in a telephone inter- <br />, view from Washington that he met <br />earlier in the day with Lujan. <br />"I said it was imperative for him <br />:< to send the Fish & Wildlife and Bu- <br />";,', . rellU of Reclamation back to fmd a <br />'.';' ' mitigation plan. There has to be , <br />, o~e, and he (Lujan) was very posi- <br />r'~ . <br /> <br />By Ellen Miller <br />Associated Press Writer" <br /> <br />'" <br />-:, <br />~'J,' <br />